OLPC Nepal: Difference between revisions

	'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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Revision as of 08:16, 30 April 2008

english | नेपाली HowTo [ID# 128537] +/-

2007 status: green
green

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
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

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 ===Status===
-OLPC launched at [[Bashuki_Journal|Bashuki]] and [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Bishwamitra]] on April 25th, 2008. [http://www.olenepal.org 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 [http://www.danskit.dk Danish IT Society] in Copenhagen.
+OLPC launched at [[Bashuki_Journal|Bashuki]] and [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Bishwamitra]] schools on April 25th, 2008. [http://www.olenepal.org 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 [http://www.danskit.dk 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_Journal|Bashuki]] and [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Bishwamitra]].
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 ** [[Bishwamitra_Journal|Jamirkot (Lalitpur), Bishwamitra Ganesh school]]
 ** [[Bashuki_Journal|Lakuri Bhanjyang (Lalitpur), Shree Bashuki school]]
-** Financial support for the pilots
+* Financial support for the pilots
+* Implementation Team
 * [[Nepal: Teacher Training|Teacher Training]]
 * [[Nepal: Content Development|Content Development]]
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 ** [[OLE_Nepal_Etoys|EPaati]] - suite of educational software for grades 2 and 6 developed by OLE Nepal
 * [[Nepal: Program Evaluation|Program Evaluation]]
+* [[Nepal: Power Distribution|Power Distribution]]
 * [[Nepal: Network Connectivity|Network Connectivity]]
+* [[Nepal: Maintenance Plan| Maintenance Plan]]
 * [[Nepal: Software and Hardware Testing|Software and Hardware Testing + Logistics]]