On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Kapil Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > > We are working in Jamui, a naxal-affected district in South Bihar, with a > focus on bringing e-education closer to the people to improve access to > knowledge and government services to people. The idea is democratisation on > IT, even to the far flung corners. > > Not having right knowledge of government rules, processes and schemes leads > to information arbitrage and people succumbing to bribery. >
If it is a naxal affected area, then they probably know the rules. :) > Currently we are teaching school children with basic computer and internet > modules spread across a week. A pilot has been done in two schools this > week. Which OS? Why only children? If you are teaching in schools, then thin clients with w/o RPI or better models would be ideal. > > We are facing three basic issues: 1. Availabilty of computing machines to > children > 2. Electricity 3. Long term and reliable trainers > > 3rd has been solved with help of the local youth who are volunteering to > take the training. 1 and 2 keep hampering the targets. > solved? This method is known not to work well. > We wanted to > 1. Get your inputs on how can we make the delivery more sustainable > 2. Check how we can scale up in 10 months. whom should we reach out to Where is your project specification document? Best A. Mani -- A. Mani CU, ASL, AMS, CLC, CMS http://www.logicamani.in -- -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Linux User Group @ IIT Delhi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
