Rotary Distance Education Project RI District 3131

What is RDEP? RDEP is Revolution that offers the best learning and educational facilities (1 st – 10 th Grade) at village level and to the masses using state of art technology.

Project Deliver a turn-key, fully functional distance education package to village schools at affordable prices Minimum trouble shooting BASED ON PARTIAL DISTRICT SPONCERED FUNDING MECHANISUM FOR ELIGIBLE CLUBS

Goal Maximize club participation to 30 – 40 clubs (Dis. 3131) Donate Minimum of 200 fully functional and fully integrated systems ( ). Each AG to be able to support 15 – 30 schools through their clubs.

Concept Rugged, fully debugged hardware/software Stand alone computer system, Education tool for 1 st to 10 th village, Minimum maintenance Cost around Rs. 75K/system. Develop district level partial funding mechanism Promote evening tutorials and class revision work through Rotracts.

Objectives - RDEP Enhance passing success rates at rural schools and other lower income schools. Creating innovative global youth Confidence booster Making learning a visual delight

Why RDEP? Stress free learning Convenience Interactive learning Study techniques Learning made fun Repeat till you learn Consistent teaching techniques

Where – RDEP? Schools with economically backward students Rural areas Remote villages School with unfavourable student teacher ratio Schools with below average passing % (Interact – RCC )

Who will benefit from RDEP? Students from 1 st to 10 th standard studying the curriculum of MH-SSC board No. of beneficiaries more than 1 lac

What RDEP offers? Desktop preloaded with –Chapter-wise school syllabus (1 st to 10 th std) –Question bank on all subject –Educational games developed by psychologist Projector UPS

How to implement ? Identify School Understand the infrastructure of school Identify RDEP Mentor from your club Identify the teacher from school to facilitate Find out the donor Donate the RDEP solution Monitor the school Update the feedback & report

Who will help ? RDEP TEAM –Rtn.Dr.Ravi Kulkarni –Rtn.Dr.Deepak Shikarpur –Rtn.Yashwant Kulkarni –Rtn.Amit Jadhav –Rtn.Praksh Umrani

Club Responsibilities Create RDEP chairman/mentor ( 3 yrs) Aug 4 th Seminar – Depute two club members Select suitable schools (1 – 10) Create funds Monitor school for the program success Coordinate with Rotracts to support RDEP evening learning program

Features Reliable ready-to-use package - fully integrated, trouble free well tested hardware/software package. (preloaded software) High school teaching aid - complete 1st – 10 th level class syllabus, requiring single teacher. Village level compatibility Three year upgrades ensured – free upgrades for three years, including change in syllabus. Future expandability Standardization Ease of Maintenance – Single source maintenance contract for full district

Contacts Ravi Kulkarni, ( ); Deepak Shikarpur, ( ); Yashwant Kulkarni, ( ); Amit Jadhav, ( )

Package Computer: Kompkin – 160 GB Hard disk, 1GB RAM, 2.7 Ghz Processor with Asus motherboard, DVD RW, Keyboard, mouse, With school syllabus from 1 st to 10 th standard (English and Marathi Mediums). Linux operating platform. LCD Projector: Sony VPL ES7 Speakers set – iBall. 3 year Warranty (except on speakers, lamp)

Future Broadband - long distance teaching & net based real time learning and education. Post school teaching; evening literacy school programs for elders for 100% literacy at village. Develop school connectivity within states, country and with international schools