Nepal

2007 status: green
green

'Nepal नेपाल '
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Capital	Kathmandu
Official languages	Nepali
Area	147,181 km²
Population
- July 2007 estimate	28,901,790
- 2003 census	23,151,423
- Density	184/km²
Education
- Literacy (%)	48.6
- Compulsory Years
- Compulsory Age
- Pop. in School Age
- Pop. in School
GDP (PPP) 2006 est.	USD 48.18 billion
- Per capita	1,500
GDP (nominal)  est.
- Per capita
HDI  (2007)	0.534 (medium)
Gini Index  (2003–04)	47.2
Time zone	NPT (UTC+5:45)
Internet TLD	.np
Calling code	++977
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Current Status

Nepal's Department of Education is planning to pilot OLPC at a test school in April of 2008. Nepal's Minister of Education, Pradip Nepal, strongly supports the OLPC program.

Currently, the pilot is planned at a Kathmandu-area school. The Danish IT Society has generously donated roughly 200 XO laptops for the pilot.

See Bashuki Journal and Bishwamitra Journal for updated information about the first two pilot schools in Nepal.

There are a number of organizations working on the OLPC project in Nepal

• OLE Nepal Wiki page and Web site
• OLPC_Nepal
• Nepal Wireless
• FOSS Nepal
• Nepal's High Level Commission for Information Technology

Activities

• OLE Nepal EToys
• Hand-Writing Recognition
• Localization
• The School Server w/ emphasis on Moodle
• Monthly Game Jams

Planning

• Nepal:Pilot Project Plan

• Nepal:School Server Specification
• Nepal:School Server Specification - Phase 1 Design

These two links above are preserved to show the history but they are dated now and do not show actual deployment design. Gregorio 10:32, 17 March 2008 (EDT)

• Nepal: XO Testing Plan

Getting Involved

• Mailing Lists
  • OLPC in Nepal mailing list
  • OLE Nepal

Other

• Systems Administration Guide - Nepal