Kathmandu University School of Education (KUSOED) and OLE
Nepal signed an agreement on January 9, 2013 to collaborate to further
strengthen ICT-based education programs in Nepal's public school system.
The two parties agreed to work together to build on each other's
strengths and experiences towards developing capable human resources,
needed to expand ICT-integrated teaching-learning process in primary and
secondary schools in the country. It is hoped that the collaboration
will lead towards creating a center of excellence in ICT-integrated
education within KUSOED.
As part of the agreement, OLE Nepal will prepare
graduate level students to train school teachers on ICT-integrated
teaching-learning process, and provide opportunities to trained graduate
students to conduct training sessions in OLE Nepal's program schools.
OLE Nepal will also provide support to KUSOED students conducting
research in the field of ICT-based education. KUSOED will identify
graduate students to participate in the program, facilitate research in
ICT-integrated education, provide expert inputs and provide relevant
resources available at its ICT Resource Center to expand the scope of
ICT-based education in the country.
KUSOED students getting training at OLE Nepal
Talking about the agreement, OLE Nepal's Executive
Director Rabi Karmacharya said, "It is a win-win situation for both
parties. While the partnership allows OLE Nepal to tap into a pool of
talented students to help in the expansion of its program in the
country, KUSOED can take advantage of the rich experience that OLE Nepal
has gathered over the years in the design and implementation of
ICT-integrated education. The envisioned center of excellence at KUSOED
can play a lead role in the research and design of ICT-integrated
teaching-learning practices in the country, and help prepare the human
resource required to realize the potential that ICT has to office in
improving quality and access in our education system."
As per the MoU, OLE Nepal conducted a three-day
Training of Trainers (ToT) for eight graduate students from KUSoED on
January 28-30, 2013. Four of the trainees later accompanied OLE Nepal's
trainers to Baglung from February 5 to 10 to observe the in-school
training being conducted at the six OLPC shared-model program schools.(as cited from www.olenepal.org)
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