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| 'Nepal नेपाल ' | |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nepal_map.png | |
| 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 |
| More statistics... | |
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:School Server SpecificationOut of dateNepal:School Server Specification - Phase 1 DesignOut 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)
Getting Involved
- Mailing Lists
- OLPC in Nepal mailing list
- OLE Nepal