OLPC India/DBF/Bangalore.Parikrma
Your Insight to OLPC Pilot Site at Bangalore
About the Pilot Site
Parikrma Humanity Foundation is a nonprofit company aiming to help the poorest of the poor break their cycle of poverty and to enable them to live meaningfully.
Demographics of the Site and School
School Name : Parikrma Center for Learning
Establishment Year : 2003
Education Board : ICSE
Type(Municipal/Government/Private): Parikrma Humanity Foundation (Private)
Location: 7 kms from Bangalore Station (South Bangalore)
Nearest Railway Station: Bangalore
Address: Jayanagar, Bangalore
School In-charge: Kalpana Singh
Affiliation: Parikrma Humanity Foundation, Bangalore
Timings
8.15 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.( Monday-Friday) 08.15 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.( Saturday)
Holiday Calendar: As per Karnataka State Education Department
Number of Teachers/Administration staff: 14
Start of the Project
The foundation has planned to deploy 120 laptops for all its four centres. The laptops would be given to kids of second grade.
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Key Educational Links
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educational_activity_guidelines
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sample_learning_activities