Transcript Rotary Distance Education Project

Rotary Distance Education Project
RI District 3131
What is RDEP?
• RDEP is Revolution that offers the best
learning and educational facilities (1st –
10th Grade) at village level and to the
masses using state of art technology.
Project
• Deliver a
• turn-key, fully functional distance
education package
• to village schools at affordable prices
• Minimum trouble shooting
• BASED ON PARTIAL DISTRICT SPONCERED
FUNDING MECHANISUM FOR ELIGIBLE CLUBS
Goal
• Maximize club participation to 30 – 40
clubs (Dis. 3131)
• Donate Minimum of 200 fully functional
and fully integrated systems (2010 -11).
• Each AG to be able to support 15 – 30
schools through their clubs.
Concept
• Rugged, fully debugged hardware/software
Stand alone computer system,
• Education tool for 1st to 10th grade @ village,
• Minimum maintenance
• Cost around Rs. 75K/system.
• Develop district level partial funding mechanism
• Promote evening tutorials and class revision
work through Rotracts.
Objectives - RDEP
• Enhance passing success rates at rural
schools and other lower income schools.
• Creating innovative global youth
• Confidence booster
• Making learning a visual delight
Why RDEP?
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Stress free learning
Convenience
Interactive learning
Study techniques
Learning made fun
Repeat till you learn
Consistent teaching
techniques
Where – RDEP?
• Schools with economically backward
students
• Rural areas
• Remote villages
• School with unfavourable student teacher
ratio
• Schools with below average passing %
• (Interact – RCC )
Who will benefit from RDEP?
• Students from 1st to 10th standard
studying the curriculum of MH-SSC board
• No. of beneficiaries more than 1 lac
What RDEP offers?
• Desktop preloaded with
– Chapter-wise school syllabus (1st to 10th std)
– Question bank on all subject
– Educational games developed by psychologist
• Projector
• UPS
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Identify School
Understand the infrastructure of school
Identify RDEP Mentor from your club
Identify the teacher from school to facilitate
Find out the donor
Donate the RDEP solution
Monitor the school
Update the feedback & report
Who will help ?
• RDEP TEAM
– Rtn.Dr.Ravi Kulkarni
– Rtn.Dr.Deepak Shikarpur
– Rtn.Yashwant Kulkarni
– Rtn.Amit Jadhav
– Rtn.Praksh Umrani
Club Responsibilities
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Create RDEP chairman/mentor ( 3 yrs)
Aug 4th Seminar – Depute two club members
Select suitable schools (1 – 10)
Create funds
Monitor school for the program success
Coordinate with Rotracts to support RDEP
evening learning program
Features
• Reliable ready-to-use package - fully integrated,
trouble free well tested hardware/software package.
(preloaded software)
• High school teaching aid - complete 1st – 10th level
class syllabus, requiring single teacher.
• Village level compatibility
• Three year upgrades ensured – free upgrades for
three years, including change in syllabus.
• Future expandability
• Standardization
• Ease of Maintenance – Single source maintenance
contract for full district
Contacts
• Ravi Kulkarni, [email protected], (9822391891); Deepak Shikarpur,
[email protected]; (9822044533); Yashwant Kulkarni,
[email protected], (98220-32289);
Amit Jadhav,
[email protected]
Package
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Computer: Kompkin – 160 GB Hard disk, 1GB RAM,
2.7 Ghz Processor with Asus motherboard,
DVD RW, Keyboard, mouse,
With school syllabus from 1st to 10th standard
(English and Marathi Mediums). Linux operating
platform.
• LCD Projector: Sony VPL ES7
• Speakers set – iBall.
• 3 year Warranty (except on speakers, lamp)
Future
• Broadband - long distance teaching & net based
real time learning and education.
• Post school teaching; evening literacy school
programs for elders for 100% literacy at village.
• Develop school connectivity within states, country
and with international schools