May 2019 | Gorkha
Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal, with support from AirAsia Foundation’s (AAF), launched the laptop program at four new schools in Ajirkot Rural Municipality, Gorkha. After the Gorkha earthquake of April 2015, the school building structures of Shree Sital Danda Basic School, Shree Kalike Basic School, Shree Bauddha
April 2019 | Rupandehi
Open Learning Exchange (OLE) Nepal in partnership with Soiya Mahila Swabalambi Sastha, Devdaha Rupandehi (SMSS) launched the laptop program at Shree Laxmi Basic School and Gyanjyoti Secondary School in Rupandehi district. The schools for the program were selected on the recommendation of Skoleliv i Nepal and SMSS.
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April 4, 2019 | MIT Boston
OLE Nepal has recently been announced as one of this year’s awardees of the MIT J-WEL grant in pK-12 Education Innovation. The grant will be used to develop advanced learning games for math and science through joint collaboration between OLE Nepal, MIT instructors and students
1. In-school teacher training program
OLE Nepal launched the laptop program at 15 new schools in Darchula on September 2018, after the completion of the Initial 7-day training program. In-school training is the second stage of the three-stage teacher training program. This phase of the training requires trainers to travel to
We are getting ready to launch the laptop program in Jajarkot this year!
Preparations for the launch began in January 2019. A call for applications to interested schools was made after consulting with the Center for Human Resource Development (CEHRD) and World Food Programme (WFP). Our team visited Local Government
March 20, 2019
OLE Nepal has signed a five-year cooperation agreement with ONGD-FNEL for the project ‘Digitally Enhanced Early Grade Reading Programme’. The main objective of this proposed project is to design and develop interactive high-quality digital content to help children learn to read Nepali. This content development project aims
March 2019 | Lalitpur
OLE Nepal recently partnered with three institutions from Japan -- KDDI Foundation (Tokyo), CityNet (Yokohama) and Miyagi University of Education -- to launch robot programming education in three public schools in Lalitpur, in collaboration with the Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC). This new program further promotes OLE Nepal’s
OLE Nepal’s training team has been very busy with teacher training programs in different parts of Nepal. Our team conducted in-school training for 15 laptop program schools in Darchula, and 3 laptop program schools in Tandrang, Gorkha. In Kathmandu, our team was able to conduct refresher training for teachers of
Background:
OLE Nepal’s laptop program was introduced in fifteen schools in Doti on September 2017, with the deployment of laptops and installation of digital library in the schools after the completion of 7 days initial teacher training program for 65 teachers in August 11-24, 2017. All the teachers from the schools
Over the last six months, OLE Nepal's training and technical team has conducted 13 teacher training programs in partnership with different organisations. Altogether, teachers from over 60 schools have been trained to use technology integrated learning approach in their daily teaching.
In the second half of 2018, OLE Nepal's technical
