Overview
OLPC India is a non-profit initiative dedicated to transforming education for children who have had little or no access to modern information technology. It aims to revolutionize how we learn and build an open ecosystem of sharing across diverse communities in the Indian subcontinent.
The focus is on designing, manufacturing, and distributing affordable laplets, along with the training, content, and support needed to ensure that every child can effectively use their device at school and at home.
Vision
OLPC India aims to distribute technologically advanced laplets to as many underprivileged children as possible to revolutionize the face of rural education.
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The mission of OLPC India is to create educational opportunities for the children of rural India by providing one connected laplet to every school-age child.
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OLPC India has been founded by Satish Jha who has been working at the intersection of technology and social development for the past decade..
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Although the release of the OLPC is relatively new, it has been an idea long in the making. Educators have seen and hoped for bringing the right technology to children all around the globe for a while and under Nicholas Negroponte's guidance, this dream is quickly becoming a reality.
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Learning is the basis for full human, social, economic and democratic development. As the pace of change in the world increases dramatically, the urgency to prepare all children to be full citizens of the emerging world also increases dramatically.
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