- The British English School , Gauchar Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India 52
- Noble English Primary School , Upper Depo, Bibvewadi Pune, Maharashtra, India 250
- Netaji Subhash Bal Niketan Sec. School , VPO-Rulyana mali Sikar, Rajasthan, India 165
- Minerva public school , Basantpur, kudhra basantpur Chapra, Bihar, India 300
- GOVT. PRIMARY SCHOOL , PALRA Gurgaon, Haryana, India 124
- DayaRam Divedi Inter College , Mau, khurd Gadhela orai 285123 Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, India 150
- Spreading Smiles Gyan kendra , Nathupur Gurgaon, Haryana, India 60
- Saraswati Vidya mandir senior secondary school , Kanwapura road, mahnto ki kothi -332001 Dhod, Rajasthan, India 160
- Sanskar Public Junior High School , Near Gausiya Masjid Orai, 285001 Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, India 150
- New Bright public school , Manchanhalli Chikaballapur, Karnataka, India 180
- Bihar Bright Career School , Bhar Kuiyan, Barauli 841405 Siwan, Bihar, India 215
- Chacha Nehru H.S. School , Zadaura, PO Belhari, kheri, 262805 Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 202
- Shekhawati School , VPO-Sahapura Sikar, Rajasthan, India 249
- Shine public School , Kathal, chittauli, chainpur- 841203 Siwan, Bihar, 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.
