Access to a quality education using the best tools for learning
With the right approach to community participation, computers and the internet have been shown to be capable of inducing social and economic development in terms of improved education, employment prospects, entrepreneurial possibilities and at the same time enriching local culture (UN Development Program).
A scholarship fund has been established to provide opportunities for students who cannot otherwise afford school expenses, vocational training courses, university tuition and living expenses, to be able to pursue their dream of a quality education without obstacle.
The skills and talents of younger children need to be nurtured so they have the freedom to choose their career path later on in life. The Fund will also be used to help younger children to achieve positive educational outcomes.
If you would like to contribute to the Scholarship Fund, please contact the Foundation.
Logged On provides pathways for volunteers to spend time in Nepal to assist with teaching and developing teacher resources, training local people in the use of information technologies, and assist with setting up computer facilities and related infrastructure.
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) "have become the great enablers of modern society, helping people communicate across distances and cultural divides, facilitating trade and commerce, and providing access to critical resources such as health care and education..." says UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon.
Current project: ASTAM (Nepal)
Read about our current computer centre project in the village of Astam, Nepal.
Logged On is building computer centres in rural community schools in an effort to bring positive and sustainable education programs to local school children.
Before and after
Left: the computers at the Shree Bhumeshwor School in Astam in September 2011 with only one computer working. Right: the new Computer Centre completed in November 2011.
The state of rural schools in Nepal are often poor with a lack of physical facilities and teacher resources. Logged On partners with local communities to deliver high quality computer centres and training programs that are aimed at radically improving the state of education and to connect people to the world of ideas, services and opportunities.
The Future
Text books are often out of date within a few years and old books tend to be passed down to younger school children. Computers and the internet offers an up-to-date interactive learning environment with rich dynamic content that printed books cannot provide.
Social priority areas
A number of social issues exisit in the region Logged On is working in and are being given priority when developing Computer Centre programs. These issues are not just local, but are common throughout Nepal:
- The need to empower Dalit communities.
- Providing cost effective communications for families to stay in contact with relatives working overseas.
- The need for improvements in education and infrastructure in public schools in underserved rural communities.
- Addressing the disparities in the quality of education between public and private schools.
- Addressing gender, age and educational gaps: to encourage participation within these groups and tailor programs specific to their needs.
There are cultural factors as well as the demands of daily life that are preventing some children from attending school regularly and members of the community from participating in computer centre activities. Logged On is looking at ways of developing programs that suit their needs and availability.
