This document summarizes initiatives taken by the Department of Education in Delhi, India to incorporate information and communication technologies (ICT) into primary education through partnerships with NGOs and corporations. Key projects discussed include establishing computer kiosks in slum areas, using buses as mobile classrooms in remote areas, and Hole-in-the-Wall stations that provided freely accessible computers for children. The initiatives aimed to increase access to education, disseminate information more quickly, and reduce dropout rates, with reported success in mainstreaming hundreds of children. Limitations encountered included lack of quality teachers and content as well as infrastructure challenges.

1. Arunabh Banerjee

2. Information
desired
output ICT Communication
Technology

3. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a flagship programme of
the Government of India to support the states in
creating, developing, and strengthening the formal primary and
upper primary school systems to achieve the goal of Universal
Elementary Education.
partnership program between the central and the
state governments

4. DELHI
Parameter Statistics (2009)
Capital New Delhi
Population 9,420,644 (2001)
Population density 9340/sq.km
Area 1482 sq.km

5. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Department of education has the responsibility of
formulating, implementing policies, laws and regulation
for development of school education in the state.
In case of the state of Delhi the department manages
around 1,000 schools with 40,000 staff to cater to about
1.1 million children.
 It collaborated with NGOs and corporates with
Corporate Social Responsibility to leverage the use of ICT
to achieve the result

6. This saw the
implementation of ICT
in the Sarva Siksha
Abiyan in the state of
Delhi.
It became vital in
overcoming the barrier
and reach of education
increased.

7. OBJECTIVES
•Setting up computer kiosks in slum areas to attract children
toward using the computer by installing games and
multimedia-based content and then moving to knowledge-
based content
• Using busses as mobile classrooms in remote and slum
areas for the dissemination of information and increasing
awareness of education.

8. Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited (HiWEL)
•kiosk , carved in a “hole in the wall” and
embedded a freely accessible computer for the
slum children
•kiosks or “Learning Stations,” typically located
in a government school playground.
•Available to the children for at least eight
hours in a day
JOINT INITIATIVE OF DELHI
EDUCATION BOARD AND NIIT Ltd.

9. 9am to 6pm
Rush (9am t0 10 am &
4pm to 6pm)
Average of 20 students
visit per day
joyful, interesting, and
meaningful
 More than 50 centers
opened
Also called KHULJA SIM
SIM PROJECT

10. MOBILE SCHOOL “Chalta Firta” School
operating at four habitations
on daily basis catering to the
urban deprived children
television screen and equipped
with computers, multimedia
facilities, a book
library, blackboard, and toys

11. two teachers specially trained to educate children through
books, computers, exhibits, films
traffic signals, construction sites, red light areas
hundreds children have been mainstreamed through this
initiative

12. Computer-Aided Learning program
(CALP), in schools
CAL technology uses animation to learn
concepts, which results in increased
learner engagement as this method is
more fun, and visually appealing to
students than traditional methods.
CAL also provides students with the
opportunity to practice on their own.

13. WHAT IS THE OUTCOME
Reach of education increased
More students brought into mainstream
Dissipation of information was at faster
pace
Reduction in dropout rates
Generated employment technique
Ensuring a better future
Increasing the growth in various sectors

14. Limitation encountered
Lack of quality teachers
Lack in quality of content
Lack in infrastructure
Maintenance of hardware and
software
Psychological barriers

15. THANK YOU