- Nirmal Bal Vikas Public School , Phaara 263601 Almora, Uttarakhand, India 89
- Baba Sahay Ambedkar School , Gopalpura, Near Byepass, Triveni Nagar, Hose No. 1, Anand Vihar extension Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 200
- Govt Upper Primary School , Block-Tijara, Indore, Alwar, Rajasthan, India 176
- S.K.N.J public school , Vill and post tejas tehsil munsyari 262553 Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India 165
- Rosemary high school , Wadi-E-farhan, behind titan plaza function hall Post. Keshavgiri, Bandlaguda Khalsa R.R 500005 Hyderabad, Telangana, India 190
- NEW CENTRAL ACADEMY , INTERONT OF CHINKARA CANTEEN NEEMAKATHANA Sikar, Rajasthan, India 360
- Mother Teresa Mission School , Naya Quila Aashinagar 841226 Siwan, Bihar, India 190
- Sai Baba Shikshan Sansthan , Charan farm house, ward no. 4 Ranoli Sikar, Rajasthan, India 203
- Suraj Smart School , Nh.52 Palsana Sikar, Rajasthan, India 230
- Adarsh Academy , Karai, Near Gwalior Road Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India 190
- Belwal Memorial Public School , Jaina, Ghumta, Almora Ranikhet, Uttarakhand, India 69
- SARVODAYA MODEL SCHOOL , HANUMAN CHOWK DEHRA 177101 Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India 200
- Indian Public School , Tihwali, Ramgarh Sikar, Rajasthan, India 200
- New Bright public school , Manchanhalli Chikaballapur, Karnataka, India 180
Number of lives touched
Besides the number of children currently taking lessons from Computer Shiksha there have been many more who have taken a few lessons but were unable to complete the course.Besides children there have been a few enthusiastic senior citizens who have also taken lessons.
Children in Nai Kiran Universal School in Ardee City, Sector 52, Gurgaon are mostly children of migrant labour. The school used to struggle in convincing the parents to send their children to school. Many would prefer their children to beg or engage in some other work where they could earn some money rather than study.
To join the school, the biggest attraction for the children and their parents used to be the free mid day meal. After Computer Shiskha started its Computer Literacy classes, some interesting trends became obvious.
More parents started approaching the Nai Kiran School for admissions and when they were queried, what brought them to this school; the answer mostly was that they had heard that Nai Kiran had started Computer Classes and they wanted their children to learn Computers.
The second trend too was quite interesting. We used to do computer classes at this school twice a week. Over time, it became apparent that there will be higher attendance on those 2 days compared to other days of the week. It was simply because children did not want to miss the Computer Classes. Later, when we expanded our Computer Literacy program to other schools, it became the usual observation in other schools too.
Enhancing Employability
Computer Shiksha has now taken kids from Class XI and XII into its fold at Government Senior Secondary School, Chakkarpur Village. The course structure has been modified to make it accelerated so that the students are able to complete all lessons by the time they are ready to leave school. With it becoming almost mandatory to have some preliminary knowledge of using IT equipment to be eligible for applying to many jobs we are hopeful that those students who would want to take up employment after Class XII will find it easier to do so.
