How many pilots? Who's doing what? Why are there disjointed efforts?

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Motu

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Mar 29, 2008, 12:44:22 AM3/29/08
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I was very very suprised to read this (http://olpcnepal.blogspot.com/2008/03/sunrise.html) today, as I thought Nepal was already running pilots in Bishwamitra and Bashuki schools.

So as far as I understand, there are two parallel organizations that running two parallel pilots in Nepal.
OLE-nepal, running pilots in Bishwamitra and Bashuki schools,
( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bishwamitra_Journal http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bashuki_Journal).
And OLPC-nepal, running a pilot codenamed Sunrise in Kavre, as per the link above.

OLE has developed curriculum for 2nd and 6th graders and is planning to train teachers to use laptops with this curriculum,
and OLPC Nepal from what it seems to be has given the laptops to 4th graders and is planning to monitor the usage.

Is this correct?
What is the rationale for two independent deployments? Disagreement as to philosophies? Politics?
Who is backing / sponsoring what? I see the education minister distributing the "sunrise" deployment. Is the project government funded, or donor funded?

Is there going to be any feedback and/or sharing of developments between the two groups of deployments? Or Nepal just be the place where we find out whether curriculum-development and teacher training more or less effective than just "giving them the laptops."

Just want to know,
prabhas pokharel.
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