OLPC Nepal
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| 'Nepal नेपाल ' | |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nepal_map.png | |
| Capital | Kathmandu |
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| 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
- 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: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)