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Targeting the Remote, the Rural and the Disadvantaged
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Targeting
the Remote, the Rural and the Disadvantaged |
| Project |
Initiator/s |
Target
Population |
Goals |
How IT is
used |
URL/E-mail |
| Kannur
School Project |
Government of Kerala |
Children of 49 Government
Schools of Kannur |
To provide computer education
facilities for subjects like physics, chemistry, maths etc.
sytem with the latest GNU free software |
The
free software package is being used to teach |
sujeevan_p
@rediffmail.com |
| Learning
for Earning |
Jiva |
Artisans of the Bhuj region |
To provide artisans CBT as
part of an entrepreneurship development program |
In the computer classes,
do-it-yourself techniques are adopted. Topics are taught through practical
activities. |
www.jiva.org |
| Narrowing
the Digital Divide |
Vaancha ICT Association |
Socially and economically
disadvantaged rural youth |
To impart IT skills to
socially and economically disadvantaged youth |
IT training is imparted to
youth through a web-based online self-learning system and multimedia |
www.vaancha.org |
| Prakruthi |
Prakruthi |
Slum children of Bangalore |
To
provide free computer education to slum children |
Computer literacy is
provided, with a focus on employability. |
prakruth@bgl.vsnl.net.in |
| Sanchar.net |
Pratham |
Children in primary municipal
schools of Mumbai |
To encourage children in
primary municipal schools to use computers by playing games and learning
basic computer functions |
For math and language,
educational games in local languages are used. After school hours, these
centres are used for imparting adult computer training. |
www.pratham.org |
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