- New Era Public Secondary School , Dahiya Rampur, Via Ringus 332404 Sikar, Rajasthan, India 160
- Shanti niketan Shikshan Sansthan School , Sihot bari Sikar, Rajasthan, India 190
- Mother India Convent Junior High School , 06, Inside Orchcha Gate Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India 180
- Sunrise School , Talla Ramgarh, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India 125
- Dr. W. R. Khan Urdu High School , Sr. No. 110, Rantekdi, Hadapsar 411013 Pune, Maharashtra, India 1200
- Saraswati vidya mandir H.s school , Ward No 7 Near Indian Gas Agency Kichha pin 263148 udham singh nagar, Uttarakhand, India 300
- Taigore Vidya Niketan Sen. Sec. School , Ward No.18 Chawani Neem ka Thana 332713 Sikar, Rajasthan, India 160
- Al-Huda Matric Hr Sr School , 338/6 first street al huda complex fort Vaniyambadi, Tamil Nadu, India 320
- Dnyanda primary school , dhyari carmar 41 Pune, Maharashtra, India 190
- HIMGIRI IMMORTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL , BALICHWKI V.P.O THE BALICHOWK 175106 Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India 250
- Parywan and Kalyan Sheshik Prathim Vidyalaya , Genghead, garod baaz, vikash khand, dhola devi, 263601 Almora, Uttarakhand, India 120
- Shri Ramjanki Vidyashram , Vill -Rampur Post-Aanupur, Nagar-208001 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 140
- Shrimati Santra Memorial Public School , Kairwali, Neem Ka Thana, Sikar, Rajasthan, India 200
- Gurududari English public school , Ward No.1, sidlaghatta, Chikaballapur, Karnataka, India 175
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.
