- Anoop Saraswati Shishu Vidhya Mandir , Basoli Post Bhainsodi 263601 Almora, Uttarakhand, India 220
- Shri Krishan Chidren Academy Secondary School , Laka ki Nagal Neem Ka Thana, Rajasthan, India 270
- Usha Devi inter College , Mubarakpur post-Joya Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India 180
- Jagadguru English Medium School , Dehu Alandi Road Near HDFC Atm Dehugaon Tal Haveli 412109 Pune, Maharashtra, India 250
- Sainik Model School , Makhloom sarui 841226 Siwan, Bihar, India 180
- ARYA PUBLIC SCHOOL , AHIRO KI DHANI SILK KI BADA KHANDELA MOD Sikar, Rajasthan, India 330
- Grace Residential English Medium School , Moridhal Dhemaji , Assam, India 64
- Sri Vagdevi Vidya Nikethana School , H. cross, shidlagatta, 563102 Chikaballapur, Karnataka, India 160
- S.M.G PUBLIC SCHOOL , SEC 102 RAJIV COLONY SALARPUR BHANGEL 201304 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 270
- New Green Lawns Public School , Sector-81, Nala Road Bhangel Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 300
- Maharshi Dayanand Sarswati Sec. School , Thedi Fatehpur Shekhwati Sikar, Rajasthan, India 175
- LITTLE FLOWER IDEAL ENGLISH SCHOOL , SECTRO 18 SARHAUL 122015 Gurgaon, Haryana, India 300
- Shri Kalyan Mateshwari Digamber Jain H.School , Near Chatripura Police Station, Biyani Road Indore Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India 190
- Shekhwati Public Sr. Sec. School , Takhron ki dhani, Antari, Bajaj Gram Sanwali -332021 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.
