O.L.E. Nepal is launching the Expanding Educational Access and Skills through Technology (EAST) project from August 2024 - August 2028. This project will expand our ICT in Education programs in twelve schools across the Karnali and Madhesh provinces, providing essential computing infrastructure including our offline servers, as well as comprehensive teacher training and support. The project also entails the enhancement of our E-Paath platform and the development of new E-Paath activities in English, Science and Math subjects for Grades 6-8.

So far, we have surveyed the schools for project implementation in Karnali province. The project will be introduced in selected schools in Surkhet, Dailekh and Jumla districts. We are now preparing for the survey in Madesh Province to be conducted in November.

We are looking forward to the coordination with the local levels from both provinces regarding the preparation at schools that is going to take place along with the procurement of computers and related equipment. This includes support by the local levels to provide adequate power and backup at the schools, procure necessary furniture, and provide space at the schools for our ICT in Education digital learning labs.

Procurement of equipment to be provided to the schools is also ongoing. Following local level coordination and completion of the procurement process, we will implement the ICT in Education program at the selected schools in the two provinces.

For the content development part of the EAST project, the team is currently preparing for the hiring and training of new team members. Meanwhile, a new enhanced E-Paath platform is also being planned from scratch.