OLPC Nepal
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Nepal
| Country Information | |
| ISO Country Code | NP |
| Wikipedia Article | Wikipedia Link |
| Government Support | Sponsored Trials |
| Deployment | Trial (50 to 500 machines) |
| Languages | |
| Keyboard Layout | Nepali Layout |
| Written | Nepali (ne) |
| Spoken | Nepali (ne) |
| Secondary Written | Various dialects |
| Secondary Spoken | Various dialects |
| '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... | |
Nepal has had perhaps the most active grassroots OLPC community, that became active in the fall of 2006. The OLPC Nepal movement has needed to develop its deployment plans, school server architecture, and strategies of interfacing with government. The most active members of the OLPC community within Nepal formed a local non-profit organization in July 2007, OLE Nepal, to implement Nepal's initial OLPC deployments. All of these became the exemplars for later deployments.
News
- May 30, 2008: Rabi Karmacharya, executive director of OLE Nepal, gives a presentation at OLPC headquarters about Nepal's progress
- April 25, 2008: OLE Nepal launches wide trial in Bashuki and Bishwamitra schools
- July 2007: Members of the OLPC Nepal community form OLE Nepal to implement Nepal's pilots
Additional Information Sources
- Mailing List: nepal@lists.laptop.org
- IRC Channel: #olpcnepal @ irc.freenode.net
- The large OLPC Nepal Category
- The unofficial OLPC News Nepal Section
- The OLE Nepal Website, especially their blog.
- The CIA's world factbook.
Deployments and Trials
OLE Nepal in Bashuki and Bishwamitra schools
On April 25, 2008, OLE Nepal launched Phase I of the Nepal OLPC deployment. This involved distribution of 135 XOs at two pilot schools, with accompanying curriculum both developed and in development. These XOs joined 22 XOs distributed a month earlier to teachers, who received training prior to developing classroom lesson plans for the Phase I launch.
Evaluation of Phase I will be ongoing, so that as many lessons can be learned, and adjustments made, for future deployments.
- Some relevant items from the blog:
- The School Server w/ emphasis on Moodle
- Monthly Game Jams
Historical Planning Documents
These pages are preserved to show the history but they are dated now and do not show actual deployment design.
- Nepal:Pilot Project Plan
- Nepal:School Server Specification
- Nepal:School Server Specification - Phase 1 Design
Groups
OLE Nepal
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. For more information visit their wiki page or [website].
- OLE Nepal
- OLE Nepal Community All about the people involved, what they are working on, and areas in need of help.
Nepal Government
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