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The OLPC-Nepal project began with the efforts of two Nepali engineering students named Shankar Pokharel and Ankur Sharma. These two students were responsible for raising awareness at the grassroots level of the potential of OLPC to positively impact the educational system of Nepal. They contacted OLPC expressing their interest in starting an OLPC chapter in Nepal.
The OLPC-Nepal project began with the efforts of two Nepali engineering students named Shankar Pokharel and Ankur Sharma. These two students were responsible for raising awareness at the grassroots level of the potential of OLPC to positively impact the educational system of Nepal. They contacted OLPC expressing their interest in starting an OLPC chapter in Nepal.


Soon after, the project was taken over by OLE (Open Learning Exchange). OLE-Nepal is a non-governmental organization dedicated to assisting the Government of Nepal in meeting its Education for All goals by developing freely accessible, open-source Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based educational teaching-learning materials [http://www.olenepal.org]. OLE’s responsibilities have ranged from the distribution of laptops to the training of teachers and the technical support. Meanwhile, the Nepal Government has three-tier committees to implement OLPC in Nepal under Ministry of Education: Steering Committee (the chair is the Secretary of Ministry of Education), Coordination Committee (the chair is the Director of Department of Education), and a Task Force (the chair is the Deputy Director of Department of Education). This combination of grassroots and government support was an important factor in the success of the project in Nepal. In fact, this project has inspired others, such as Robbie Karmacharia, to start their own OLPC pilot projects in Nepal.
Soon after, the project was taken over by OLE (Open Learning Exchange). OLE-Nepal is a non-governmental organization dedicated to assisting the Government of Nepal in meeting its Education for All goals by developing freely accessible, open-source Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based educational teaching-learning materials [http://www.olenepal.org]. OLE’s responsibilities have ranged from the distribution of laptops to the training of teachers and the technical support. Meanwhile, the Nepal Government has three-tier committees to implement OLPC in Nepal under Ministry of Education: Steering Committee (the chair is the Secretary of Ministry of Education), Coordination Committee (the chair is the Director of Department of Education), and a Task Force (the chair is the Deputy Director of Department of Education). This combination of grassroots and government support was an important factor in the success of the project in Nepal. In fact, this project has inspired others, such as Rabi Karmacharya, to start their own OLPC pilot projects in Nepal.


OLE partnered with the Nepalese Government Department of Education in order to distribute laptops in the Lalitpur District. Pilot schools selected were the Bishwamitra Ganesh Secondary School and the Bashuki Lower Secondary School. There were 135 laptops deployed to students in grades 2 and 6 in both schools on April 25th, 2008. 3 Uttam Sharma, a doctoral student at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota (sharm061@umn.edu), has done the evaluation of the initial pilot phase.
OLE partnered with the Nepalese Government Department of Education in order to distribute laptops in the Lalitpur District. Pilot schools selected were the Bishwamitra Ganesh Secondary School and the Bashuki Lower Secondary School. There were 135 laptops deployed to students in grades 2 and 6 in both schools on April 25th, 2008. 3 Uttam Sharma, a doctoral student at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota (sharm061@umn.edu), has done the evaluation of the initial pilot phase.


OLE conducted an extensive [http://www.laptop.org/go/Nepal:_Teacher_Training teacher training program] in cooperation with Nepal’s National Center for Educational Development (Nepal’s national teacher training organization).
OLE conducted an extensive [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Nepal:_Teacher_Training teacher training program] in cooperation with Nepal’s National Center for Educational Development (Nepal’s national teacher training organization).


A second deployment happened in April, 2009, consisting of 5000 laptops. See [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/321 OLE Nepal Blog]
A second deployment happened in April, 2009, which will eventually encompass 5000 laptops. See [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/321 OLE Nepal Blog]


As per the request of the teachers, students, and parents, they have set up a digital library (E-Pustakalaya) that literally translates from Nepali into English. This “E-Library” includes all required curriculum textbooks.
As per the request of the teachers, students, and parents, they have set up a digital library (E-Pustakalaya) that literally translates from Nepali into English. This “E-Library” includes all required curriculum textbooks.




{{Deployment
|language=English, Nepali
|laptops= 4500
|keyboard=
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|release=8.2.0 (767)
|blurb= OLPC Nepal deployed initially ~200 XOs, and later up to 2500 XOs to 26 schools in 6 districts. The machines included the E-Paath learning activities for early elementary students, and are to have school servers running their digial library.
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== Funding ==
=== Support by the EU / National Institutions to the OLPC initiative or olpc community ===
# from [[OLPC Nepal]] "School Sector Reform Plan (SSRP) Phase 2 - NEPAL: The total budget for this project is approximately €1.26 billion to be jointly funded by the [[European Union]] ([[EU]]), Asian Development Bank (ADB), AusAID, [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[Norway]], Unicef, World Bank, Global Partnership for Education (GPE), and the government of [[Nepal]]." I'm happy to read the [[European Union]] ([[EU]]), [[Denmark]], [[Finland]] and [[Norway]] found about a billion so all kids in NEPAL could have an XO. I'm not quite sure how the EU PIIGS - [[Portugal]], [[Italy]], [[Ireland]], [[Greece]], [[Spain]] parents with school going kids welcome this news. Doesn't it make a valid claim to maybe get at least an olpc lab in every of their provinces? Nepal has 26,494,504 inhabitants, average lifetime expectancy some 66 years. Age range olpc kids: 5-15=10 years. 10 years/66 years is about 1/6 people in Nepal is an olpc kid = 1/6 x 26 million = 4,014.318 olpc kids => 1,600.000.000 €/4,014.318 olpc kids = 400 €/olpc kid. An XO = 135 €+30 € portable PV panel = 165 €. Why can't we do that for EU kids? --[[User:SvenAERTS|SvenAERTS]] 01:11, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
::Please provide a reference to "School Sector Reform Plan (SSRP) Phase 2". I don't see how your speculation about EU has any relevance for OLPC Nepal. Please keep content on pages on topic. --[[User:Quozl|Quozl]] 01:31, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
==News==
==News==
4/26/2009 [[OLE Nepal]] deploys nearly 2500 laptops to 26 schools in 6 districts of Nepal. XO Laptops are installed with [[E-Paath]] interactive learning activities integrated into curriculum for classes 2, 3, and 6.
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* May 30, 2008: Rabi Karmacharya, executive director of OLE Nepal, gives a [[OLE_Nepal_Presentation_at_1cc|presentation]] at OLPC headquarters about Nepal's progress

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* April 25, 2008: [[OLE Nepal]] launches wide trial in [[Bashuki_Journal|Bashuki]] and [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Bishwamitra]] schools
4/15/08 [[OLE Nepal]] [http://www.olpcnews.com/content/ebooks/ole_nepal_e-pustakalaya_digital_library.html Launches] [[E-Pustakalaya]] Digital Library.
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* July 2007: Members of the OLPC Nepal community form [[OLE Nepal]] to implement Nepal's pilots

8/27/08 [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94011852 NPR]
Robbie Karmacharia is running a small OLPC pilot in Nepal. He says that even though the Nepali government is skeptical of the entire concept, he compares his efforts to what happened in Nepal over 50 years ago: a widespread literacy and education campaign. He believes that this is the time to take the next leap.

5/30/08
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Rabi Karmacharya, executive director of OLE Nepal, gives a [[OLE_Nepal_Presentation_at_1cc|presentation]] at OLPC headquarters about Nepal's progress

5/19/08 [http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20080519/market01.shtml Express Computer]
The OLPC team has also done some pilot project in India and Nepal…
“As per my knowledge, the Nepal government has provided laptops and is planning to introduce this project across the country,” added Shailendra Badoni, Chief Operating Officer, Datacraft India.

4/25/08
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[[OLE Nepal]] launches wide trial in [[Bashuki_Journal|Bashuki]] and [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Bishwamitra]] schools

2/8/08 [http://www.advogato.org/article/959.html Advogato]
While Richard Stallman was visiting southern India to speak in January, the folks at the OLPC Nepal blog caught up with him and managed to do an hour-long interview. The interview is available… In it, Stallman expresses his support for the OLPC project and, in particular, it's use of free BIOS. He says he is even thinking of replacing his old Thinkpad for an OLPC XO. His only complaint is with the use of proprietary code for wireless networking.

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6/2007: Members of the OLPC Nepal community form [[OLE Nepal]] to implement Nepal's pilots

1/15/07 [http://www.psfk.com/2007/01/childrens_machi.html PSFK: “Children’s Machine Implementation Debate”]
“Amidst all the buzz, though, skeptics worry that the implementation plans being outlined are unrealistic. $100 does not factor in training costs, hardware and software maintenance, as well as internet access. One estimate from Jon Carnfield of OLPC News brings the bill up to over $970. Meanwhile, according to OLPC News, Libya is earmarking $208 per laptop and a Brazilian professor puts his country’s cost at $235. The debate has spilled onto Slashdot and Newsforge as well. Think you can solve the problem? OLPC News is soliciting implementation plans for Nepal.”


===Additional Information Sources===
===Additional Information Sources===
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* The large [[:Category:OLPC Nepal|OLPC Nepal Category]]
* The large [[:Category:OLPC Nepal|OLPC Nepal Category]]
* The unofficial [http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/nepal/ OLPC News Nepal Section]
* The unofficial [http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/nepal/ OLPC News Nepal Section]
* The [http://olenepal.org OLE Nepal Website], especially their [http://blog.olenepal.org/ blog].
* The [http://olenepal.org OLE Nepal Website], especially their [http://blog.olenepal.org/ blog]
* The [http://www.olenepal.org/faq.html#MainIssues OLE Nepal FAQ]
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* The [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLE_Nepal:_Community OLE Community Page]: All about the people involved, what they are working on, and areas in need of help.
* The [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/np.html CIA's world factbook].
* The [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/np.html CIA's world factbook].
* The [http://www72.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=nepal Wolfram Alpha Nepal page]
* The [http://www72.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=nepal Wolfram Alpha Nepal page]
* [http://www.childinfo.org/files/ROSA_Nepal.pdf Nepal Education Statistics]
* [http://www.childinfo.org/files/ROSA_Nepal.pdf Nepal Education Statistics]
* [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/InsideSystemStorage?entry=helping_young_students_part_1 Inside System Storage – Tony Pearson], 6/15/09


==Other Content==
==Deployments and Trials==


''detailed article:[[OLPC Nepal/Background]]''
===[[OLE Nepal]] in [[Bashuki_Journal|Bashuki]] and [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Bishwamitra]] schools===
On April 25, 2008, OLE Nepal launched Phase I of the Nepal OLPC deployment. This involved distribution of 135 XOs at two pilot schools, with accompanying curriculum both developed and in development. These XOs joined 22 XOs distributed a month earlier to teachers, who received training prior to developing classroom lesson plans for the Phase I launch.

* Some relevant items from the blog:
** [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/123 The School Server] w/ emphasis on [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/124 Moodle]
** [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/130 Monthly Game Jams]

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===Historical Planning Documents===
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These pages are preserved to show the history but they are dated now and do not show actual deployment design.
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* [[Nepal:Pilot Project Plan]]
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* [[Nepal:School Server Specification]]
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* [[Nepal:School Server Specification - Phase 1 Design]]

==Groups==

===[[OLE Nepal]]===
OLE Nepal is a local Nepali NGO that has a memorandum of understanding with Nepal's Department of Education to implement Nepal's pilots at [[Bashuki_Journal|Bashuki]] and [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Bishwamitra]]. For more information visit their [[OLE Nepal|wiki page]] or [[http://www.olenepal.org website]].
* [[OLE_Nepal|OLE Nepal]]
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* [[OLE_Nepal:_Community|OLE Nepal Community]] All about the people involved, what they are working on, and areas in need of help.


===Nepal Government===
===Nepal Government===
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[[Category:Countries|Nepal]]
[[Category:Countries|Nepal]]
[[Category:OLPC Nepal]]
[[Category:OLPC Nepal]]


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===Historical Planning Documents===
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These pages are preserved to show the history but they are dated now and do not show actual deployment design.
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* [[Nepal:Pilot Project Plan]]
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* [[Nepal:School Server Specification]]
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* [[Nepal:School Server Specification - Phase 1 Design]]

==Pictures==

<gallery>
Image:Weheartxos.JPG
Image:DirectorofdepteduJanardanNepal.JPG|Director of the Department of Education with XO
Image:Pigtailgirlwithxo.JPG
{{Deployment
{{Deployment
|language=Nepali
|language=Nepali
|laptops=6000
|laptops=4400
|keyboard=OLPC Nepali Keyboard
|keyboard=OLPC Nepali Keyboard
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|release=8.1.0 (703)
|received laptops=April 21 2007
|received laptops=April 21 2007
|server=0.3
|blurb=Deployments by OLE Nepal done. Additional deployments under consideration.
|blurb=Deployments by OLE Nepal done. Additional deployments under consideration.
}}
}}

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Nepal

 Country Information
 ISO Country Code NP
 Wikipedia Article Wikipedia Link
 Government Support Sponsored Trials
 Deployment Intermediate Trial (500 to 5000 machines)
 Languages
 Keyboard Layout Nepali Layout
 Written Nepali (ne)
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 Secondary Written Various dialects
 Secondary Spoken Various dialects


'Nepal नेपाल
'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nepal_map.png
Capital Kathmandu
Official languages Nepali
Area 147,181 km²
Population
 - July 2009 estimate 28,563,377
 - 2007 census 28,875,140
 - Density 184/km²
Education
 - Literacy (%) 48.6
 - Compulsory Years 5
 - Compulsory Age 5
 - Pop. in School Age 3571
 - Pop. in School 2828
GDP (PPP) 2009 est. USD 33.024 billion
 - Per capita $1,183
GDP (nominal) 2009 est. $12.521
 - Per capita $449
HDI  (2007) 0.534 (medium)
Gini Index  (2003–04) 47.2
Time zone NPT (UTC+5:45)
Internet TLD .np
Calling code ++977
More statistics...

Nepal has had perhaps the most active grassroots OLPC community, that became active in the fall of 2006. The OLPC Nepal movement has needed to develop its deployment plans, school server architecture, and strategies of interfacing with government. The most active members of the OLPC community within Nepal formed a local non-profit organization in July 2007, OLE Nepal, to implement Nepal's initial OLPC deployments. All of these became the exemplars for later deployments.

Implementation and Deployments

The OLPC-Nepal project began with the efforts of two Nepali engineering students named Shankar Pokharel and Ankur Sharma. These two students were responsible for raising awareness at the grassroots level of the potential of OLPC to positively impact the educational system of Nepal. They contacted OLPC expressing their interest in starting an OLPC chapter in Nepal.

Soon after, the project was taken over by OLE (Open Learning Exchange). OLE-Nepal is a non-governmental organization dedicated to assisting the Government of Nepal in meeting its Education for All goals by developing freely accessible, open-source Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based educational teaching-learning materials [1]. OLE’s responsibilities have ranged from the distribution of laptops to the training of teachers and the technical support. Meanwhile, the Nepal Government has three-tier committees to implement OLPC in Nepal under Ministry of Education: Steering Committee (the chair is the Secretary of Ministry of Education), Coordination Committee (the chair is the Director of Department of Education), and a Task Force (the chair is the Deputy Director of Department of Education). This combination of grassroots and government support was an important factor in the success of the project in Nepal. In fact, this project has inspired others, such as Rabi Karmacharya, to start their own OLPC pilot projects in Nepal.

OLE partnered with the Nepalese Government Department of Education in order to distribute laptops in the Lalitpur District. Pilot schools selected were the Bishwamitra Ganesh Secondary School and the Bashuki Lower Secondary School. There were 135 laptops deployed to students in grades 2 and 6 in both schools on April 25th, 2008. 3 Uttam Sharma, a doctoral student at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota (sharm061@umn.edu), has done the evaluation of the initial pilot phase.

OLE conducted an extensive teacher training program in cooperation with Nepal’s National Center for Educational Development (Nepal’s national teacher training organization).

A second deployment happened in April, 2009, which will eventually encompass 5000 laptops. See OLE Nepal Blog

As per the request of the teachers, students, and parents, they have set up a digital library (E-Pustakalaya) that literally translates from Nepali into English. This “E-Library” includes all required curriculum textbooks.


Primary Language ,|x|Language spoken::x}}
Number of Laptops Number of manufactured laptops::4500
Keyboard Layout Keyboard::
Build ,|x|Software release::x}}
Date(s) Arrived in Country ,|x|Has received laptops on date::x}}
School Server ,|x|School server status::x}}
Deployment Status [[Deployment status::OLPC Nepal deployed initially ~200 XOs, and later up to 2500 XOs to 26 schools in 6 districts. The machines included the E-Paath learning activities for early elementary students, and are to have school servers running their digial library.]]


Funding

Support by the EU / National Institutions to the OLPC initiative or olpc community

  1. from OLPC Nepal "School Sector Reform Plan (SSRP) Phase 2 - NEPAL: The total budget for this project is approximately €1.26 billion to be jointly funded by the European Union (EU), Asian Development Bank (ADB), AusAID, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Unicef, World Bank, Global Partnership for Education (GPE), and the government of Nepal." I'm happy to read the European Union (EU), Denmark, Finland and Norway found about a billion so all kids in NEPAL could have an XO. I'm not quite sure how the EU PIIGS - Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain parents with school going kids welcome this news. Doesn't it make a valid claim to maybe get at least an olpc lab in every of their provinces? Nepal has 26,494,504 inhabitants, average lifetime expectancy some 66 years. Age range olpc kids: 5-15=10 years. 10 years/66 years is about 1/6 people in Nepal is an olpc kid = 1/6 x 26 million = 4,014.318 olpc kids => 1,600.000.000 €/4,014.318 olpc kids = 400 €/olpc kid. An XO = 135 €+30 € portable PV panel = 165 €. Why can't we do that for EU kids? --SvenAERTS 01:11, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
Please provide a reference to "School Sector Reform Plan (SSRP) Phase 2". I don't see how your speculation about EU has any relevance for OLPC Nepal. Please keep content on pages on topic. --Quozl 01:31, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

News

4/26/2009 OLE Nepal deploys nearly 2500 laptops to 26 schools in 6 districts of Nepal. XO Laptops are installed with E-Paath interactive learning activities integrated into curriculum for classes 2, 3, and 6.

4/15/08 OLE Nepal Launches E-Pustakalaya Digital Library.

8/27/08 NPR Robbie Karmacharia is running a small OLPC pilot in Nepal. He says that even though the Nepali government is skeptical of the entire concept, he compares his efforts to what happened in Nepal over 50 years ago: a widespread literacy and education campaign. He believes that this is the time to take the next leap.

5/30/08 Rabi Karmacharya, executive director of OLE Nepal, gives a presentation at OLPC headquarters about Nepal's progress

5/19/08 Express Computer The OLPC team has also done some pilot project in India and Nepal… “As per my knowledge, the Nepal government has provided laptops and is planning to introduce this project across the country,” added Shailendra Badoni, Chief Operating Officer, Datacraft India.

4/25/08 OLE Nepal launches wide trial in Bashuki and Bishwamitra schools

2/8/08 Advogato While Richard Stallman was visiting southern India to speak in January, the folks at the OLPC Nepal blog caught up with him and managed to do an hour-long interview. The interview is available… In it, Stallman expresses his support for the OLPC project and, in particular, it's use of free BIOS. He says he is even thinking of replacing his old Thinkpad for an OLPC XO. His only complaint is with the use of proprietary code for wireless networking.

6/2007: Members of the OLPC Nepal community form OLE Nepal to implement Nepal's pilots

1/15/07 PSFK: “Children’s Machine Implementation Debate” “Amidst all the buzz, though, skeptics worry that the implementation plans being outlined are unrealistic. $100 does not factor in training costs, hardware and software maintenance, as well as internet access. One estimate from Jon Carnfield of OLPC News brings the bill up to over $970. Meanwhile, according to OLPC News, Libya is earmarking $208 per laptop and a Brazilian professor puts his country’s cost at $235. The debate has spilled onto Slashdot and Newsforge as well. Think you can solve the problem? OLPC News is soliciting implementation plans for Nepal.”

Additional Information Sources

Other Content

detailed article:OLPC Nepal/Background

Nepal Government

Nepal Government has three-tier committees to implement OLPC in Nepal under Ministry of Education.

  • Steering Committee -- Secretary of Ministry of Education chairs this
  • Coordination Committee -- Director of Department of Education chairs this
  • Task Force -- Deputy Director of Department of Education chairs this


Historical Planning Documents

These pages are preserved to show the history but they are dated now and do not show actual deployment design.

Pictures

<gallery> Image:Weheartxos.JPG Image:DirectorofdepteduJanardanNepal.JPG|Director of the Department of Education with XO Image:Pigtailgirlwithxo.JPG

Primary Language ,|x|Language spoken::x}}
Number of Laptops Number of manufactured laptops::4400
Keyboard Layout Keyboard::OLPC Nepali Keyboard
Build ,|x|Software release::x}}
Date(s) Arrived in Country ,|x|Has received laptops on date::x}}
School Server ,|x|School server status::x}}
Deployment Status Deployment status::Deployments by OLE Nepal done. Additional deployments under consideration.
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