New E-learning Project ready to lauch

"E-learning"

It is simply a 21st century method for learning through computer. For the rest of the world, it is a daily diet. However for Nepal, it is not. When asked to the students during the school assessment, students termed it as "Learning with E (alphabet)". Some of the students only nodded and ran away into the ground with a roti in their hand.

This is the current situation of rural Nepal. Though we see a remarkable development in the education sector in city areas of Nepal, it lacks vaguely among the villages. People do know about computers and different new technologies. However, they do not know how boon it would be if they can use this technology. In other words, they lack proper education. In absence of new methods of teaching along with appropriate and adequate instructional materials, teaching and learning in community schools of Nepal has been a long lasting challenge. Even today, very few teachers have got skills and ideas to use computer in classroom teaching and learning.  Children are bound to conventional teaching methods in the classrooms. 

So, in order to bring changes in community schools of Nepal, FEDUC has planned a pilot testing with three schools by introducing and establishing E-learning Centers in schools. The three schools are Himali Higher Secondary School, Sharada Mandir Secondary School, Tribhuwan Adarsha Higher Secondary School situated in Syanja. Those E-learning centers will have two major aims: (1) introduce E-learning in classroom teaching and learning, and (2) facilitate rural community to communicate with their family members and people concerned around the world through E-learning center of their own school. With a view to establish E-learning centers, a needs assessment was conducted in those schools and community. Schools teachers and head teachers were contacted to examine their willingness and potential donors were contacted whether they would be ready to support this idea. We found much enthusiasm and hope in them with our approach. They have agreed to let the community jump across the wall of traditional teaching learning method. Hence, the initial phase of exploring donors have been started.