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OLE Nepal launches eLearning project

Monday, April 28th, 2008

OLPC XO Laptops in Nepali schoolOn April 25, 2008, Open Learning Exchange Nepal (OLE Nepal) distributed 135 OLPC laptops to grade 2 and 6 students from two schools in Kathmandu Valley. These were additional to the 22 laptops distributed to teachers from the schools during the teacher preparation program held a month ago. The elearning project was undertaken in partnership with Nepal government’s Department of Education (DoE).

This project is part of OLE Nepal’s mission to increase the quality of education while reducing the current disparity in access and quality between school types, regions, and population groups by integrating ICT (information and computer technology)-based education in the daily teaching-learning process.

The laptops for the project were donated by the Danish IT Society in Copenhagen. Read more on OLE Nepal’s blog.

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OLE Nepal pilot schools site visits

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

bashuki_class2_classroom-small.jpgCheck out the OLE Nepal blog for two great articles on the recent site visits to their first pilot schools. They have been working towards these pilots for several months and things are getting very exciting. The projects will be using 200 XO computers produced by One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and online learning resources created by OLE Nepal.

The laptops are on their way to Nepal and, with these visits, the whole project seems very real.

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