Children and youth from economically weaker families will no longer need to worry about digital education. A Mobile Digital Learning Center has been started in Delhi to impart computer and internet information to such people. Under this initiative, children, youth and women living in slums will be provided free training through special buses. The bus has facilities like computers and projectors. Here, along with digital literacy, training on cyber security, financial information and life skills will also be imparted. Its objective is to make economically weaker people technically competent.
Aspire Digital Villages India has launched its second mobile digital learning center in Delhi. Informi Education is also supporting this initiative launched ahead of National Education Day. It will provide free digital training to children, youth and women living in the slums of North-West Delhi. This center has been prepared in a special bus. It has the facility of desktop computer and projector. The bus will go to different areas and provide digital education to people. This will give an opportunity to learn computer even to children who cannot go to computer center due to financial difficulties.
Training will be provided in five areas
Mobile Digital Learning Center will provide training on five main topics. These include digital literacy, cyber security, financial literacy, life skills and standardized assessments. Computer and Internet usage will be taught under Digital Literacy. Cyber security training will explain how to avoid online fraud and internet related threats. Information about digital payment and money transactions will be given under financial literacy. In addition, the focus will be on developing participants’ competencies through life skills and assessment.
45 percent students do not have smartphones and internet
Lack of digital education is a major challenge in North-West Delhi. According to statistics, 45 percent of school-going students here do not have a smartphone or stable internet connection. At the same time, 77 percent of the area’s youth have no prior experience with digital literacy. In such a situation, children face difficulty in online studies and using digital resources.
Aiming to connect more than 800 people in a year
The organization aims to reach more than 800 new beneficiaries of Delhi in the next one year. Earlier 804 people in Delhi, Pune and Raipur have been connected through this initiative. The organization believes that in today’s times, digital information is essential for getting employment along with education. In such a situation, efforts are being made to provide technology through mobile centers to those who are far away from it due to lack of facilities.
