191 Entries for “Recent Blogs”
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READ MORESept. 4, 2024 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
iOCR Updates
Open Learning Exchange Nepal has updated OLEN-iOCR based on user feedback which includes accessibility, FAQ, user guide and other. This free tool converts images and PDFs into editable Word documents and includes features like splitting PDFs and converting PDFs to image.
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READ MOREAug. 29, 2024 | Team Reflections | Sanish Dangol
Reflections from our workshop at Snow Leopard Residence
On July 24, 2024, we held a workshop at the Snow Leopard Residence in Kathmandu for students from Dho Tarap, Dolpo, who had just finished their SEE at Crystal Mountain School. This session, focused on personal growth and skill development, was a crucial step in our ONGD-LLEST Project, paving the way for our upcoming field visits to Mustang and Dolpo.
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READ MOREJuly 23, 2024 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
Accessibility Training and Deployment
With the aim of empowering visually and hearing impaired learners, our team conducted monitoring and support visits to several schools during the first quarter of 2024 (January-March). We focused on four schools for visually impaired students (Shree Panchodaya School, Purwanchal Gyan Chakshu Secondary School, Shanti Namuna Secondary School, and Damkada Secondary School).
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READ MOREJuly 23, 2024 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
ICT in Basic Education at Kaski & Nawalparasi
Since 2023, the ICT in Basic Education Project, supported by the KDDI Foundation, aimed to enhance education in Bajura and East-Nawalparasi districts. The project focused on integrating digital learning materials into six public schools, which involved establishing digital learning labs equipped with offline servers and low-powered Raspberry Pi computers. Extensive teacher training ensured the effective use of these materials in the classroom.
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READ MOREJuly 23, 2024 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
New and Upcoming Projects in 2024
In March 2024, we signed a funding agreement with the Phoenix Foundation, a Swiss charitable organization committed to fostering positive, sustainable change in impoverished and marginalized communities. This collaboration marked the inception of our latest initiative, the “Expanding Education Access and Skills through Technology” (EAST) project.