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In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawalpindi Rawalpindi] [http://wikimapia.org/2062643/ Pir Wadhai] is the town where the first OLPC Pakistan Pilot project is being implemented.Dr. Habib Khan announced the launching of an OLPC pilot project at the Atlas Public School, located in the slums between Rawalpindi and Islamabad. |
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawalpindi Rawalpindi] [http://wikimapia.org/2062643/ Pir Wadhai] is the town where the first OLPC Pakistan Pilot project is being implemented.Dr. Habib Khan announced the launching of an OLPC pilot project at the Atlas Public School, located in the slums between Rawalpindi and Islamabad. |
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Students : 150 |
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Teachers : 7 |
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Laptops : 39 |
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==Atlas Public school== |
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Many thanks to our Afghan volunteers, Usman Mansoor “Ansari” and Sohaib Obaidi “Ebtihaj”, who discovered the school and will be mentoring students and their teacher. |
Many thanks to our Afghan volunteers, Usman Mansoor “Ansari” and Sohaib Obaidi “Ebtihaj”, who discovered the school and will be mentoring students and their teacher. |
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==School |
==Atlas Public School == |
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Atlas public school is located in the Rawalpindi district near Pir Wadhai (Pakistan). |
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It's not far from Islamabad the Capital City of Pakistan. |
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Atlas school located in very populated area and to reach there we passed through a busy road. Childrens living there belongs to poor families. Education has become an important factor for the development of their children. |
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Total numbers of students are 78 from grade 1 to grade 6 and their timing is from 2.00 -5.00 PM. |
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==Handing out the Laptops== |
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=Teacher first interaction with XO= |
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The area is economically poor and lacks security measures and basic facilities. There are about 100 |
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First day when we came. It was Wednesday.When we came to introduce the OLPC Project to their school, they weren’t expecting us.We introduced the principal & teachers to the project, and we had our first session with them. After 3 days we again went there and in the evening, we handed out the laptops to the Teacher and school children in a special meeting we held with them for that purpose. |
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There we found a family Father, Mother and their 15 year old son, they all teaching in school from 5 years. |
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==Details of pilot site== |
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=Launch 15 |
=Launch 15= |
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We distributed 39 XOs to Children & Teachers and they were very excited to see this new Educational tool. |
We distributed 39 XOs to Children & Teachers and they were very excited to see this new Educational tool. |
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Revision as of 06:10, 29 March 2008
OLPC Pakistan Atlas School
In Rawalpindi Pir Wadhai is the town where the first OLPC Pakistan Pilot project is being implemented.Dr. Habib Khan announced the launching of an OLPC pilot project at the Atlas Public School, located in the slums between Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
School : Atlas public school Since : 2008-03-15 Students : 150 Teachers : 7 Laptops : 39
Many thanks to our Afghan volunteers, Usman Mansoor “Ansari” and Sohaib Obaidi “Ebtihaj”, who discovered the school and will be mentoring students and their teacher.
Atlas Public School
Atlas public school is located in the Rawalpindi district near Pir Wadhai (Pakistan). It's not far from Islamabad the Capital City of Pakistan. Atlas school located in very populated area and to reach there we passed through a busy road. Childrens living there belongs to poor families. Education has become an important factor for the development of their children. Total numbers of students are 78 from grade 1 to grade 6 and their timing is from 2.00 -5.00 PM.
The area is economically poor and lacks security measures and basic facilities. There are about 100 Afghan refugee children (Grades 1–6),many of them work during the first part of the day to support their families and attend school in the afternoon.
Handing out the Laptops
Teacher first interaction with XO
First day when we came. It was Wednesday.When we came to introduce the OLPC Project to their school, they weren’t expecting us.We introduced the principal & teachers to the project, and we had our first session with them. After 3 days we again went there and in the evening, we handed out the laptops to the Teacher and school children in a special meeting we held with them for that purpose.
There we found a family Father, Mother and their 15 year old son, they all teaching in school from 5 years.
Launch 15
We distributed 39 XOs to Children & Teachers and they were very excited to see this new Educational tool.
