Nepal

2007 status: green
green

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

• Hand-Writing Recognition
• Localization
• The School Server w/ emphasis on Moodle
• Monthly Game Jams

Planning

• Nepal:Pilot Project Plan
• Nepal:School Server Specification
• Nepal:School Server Specification - Phase 1 Design
• Nepal: XO Testing Plan

Getting Involved

• Mailing Lists
  • OLPC in Nepal mailing list
  • OLE Nepal