OLPC Nepal

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'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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Info

Mailing List: OLPC Nepal

IRC Channel: #olpcnepal @ irc.freenode.net

Status

OLPC launched at Bashuki and Bishwamitra schools on April 25th, 2008. Open Learning Exchange Nepal (OLE Nepal) distributed a total of 135 OLPC laptops to grade 2 and 6 students from two schools in the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley. These were addition to the 22 laptops that were handed out to teachers from the schools during the teacher preparation program held a month ago. The laptop project was undertaken in partnership with Nepal government’s Department of Education (DoE). This project is part of OLE Nepal’s mission to increase quality of education while reducing current disparity in access and quality between school types, regions, and population groups by integrating ICT-based education in daily teaching-learning process. The laptops for the project were donated by the Danish IT Society in Copenhagen.

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 and Bishwamitra.

These pilots focus on integrating laptops into the Nepali educational system. The laptops and relevant software have been integrated into the Nepali curriculum and teaching process for grades two and six, subjects Mathematics and English.

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

Implementation

• Pilot Sites
  • Pilot Selection Process
  • Jamirkot (Lalitpur), Bishwamitra Ganesh school
  • Lakuri Bhanjyang (Lalitpur), Shree Bashuki school
  • Financial Support for the pilots
  • Implementation Team
• Teacher Training
• Content Development
  • Content Development Principles
  • EPaati - suite of educational software for grades 2 and 6 developed by OLE Nepal
• Program Evaluation
• Power Distribution
• Network Connectivity
• Maintenance Plan
• Software and Hardware Testing + Logistics

Other Activities

• The School Server w/ emphasis on Moodle
• Monthly Game Jams

Planning

• Nepal:Pilot Project Plan

• Nepal:School Server Specification Out of date
• Nepal:School Server Specification - Phase 1 Design Out of date

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: Testing and QA