- sri ram krishna sharda vidhya mandir , gauribindur 516208 Chikaballapur, Karnataka, India 230
- SPYM , Vasantkunj New, Delhi, India 15
- Brilliant City Public High School , Dhawande Washii Nashik Road Bhosari 411039 Pune, Maharashtra, India 225
- Savita Ucch Madhyamik Vidyalaya , Bhagega, Neem ka Thana, 332714 Sikar, Rajasthan, India 180
- St. Mary's Academy School , Power House ke samane, Triveni Road, Sahapur, Sikar, Rajasthan, India 180
- Don Bosco Public school , Tiyay bajar 841231 Siwan, Bihar, India 160
- ST PAULS SCHOOL , SASAMUSA GOPALGANJ, Bihar, India 250
- Sankalp School , Shree Badrinath Road Near Telephone Exchange Chaukhutia 263656 Almora, Uttarakhand, India 190
- C.M.P. Inter College , Moh- Peerzadgan Post Bachhrayun 244225 Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India 150
- Yogesh Joshi Memorial , VPO-Devdhura, Champawat , Uttarakhand, India 180
- Shivaji Vidya mandir Shikshan Samiti , Ramgarh Road Sikar, Rajasthan, India 90
- LITTLE HEART WORLD SCHOOL , VILLTIGRA SEC 57 Gurgaon, Haryana, India 150
- Dnyanda primary school , dhyari carmar 41 Pune, Maharashtra, India 190
- Geeta Memorial Sr Sec School , Singrawat Sikar, Rajasthan, India 190
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.
