Team:Sumsunnahar SheulyMd. Abul Kalam AzadPradeep Reddy BAnastasia Kang’ongole

.NET CODE CAMP

THEME: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION

IDEA: STUDY-TUBE

Current Scenario

93 MILLION CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE ARE OUT OF SCHOOLNumber of primary-school-age children not in school, by region (2006)Source: http://www.unicef.org/progressforchildren/2007n6/index_41796.htm

Reasons for the current situation

• School fees, textbook fees, compulsory uniforms and transportation (Cost).

• Lack of educational resources, trained teachers, school spaces and facilities (Resources).

• Cultural and religious norms especially concerned with girls (Gender Equality).

• Monolingual and multilingual settings (Language).

Idea: Study-tubeA solution which provides an environment to access educational resources for schools, groups and children in the language they study, through participation to achieve universal primary education.

• Educational resources - online, offline(CD, print material) Videos, E-books, presentations, audio.

• LanguageThe aim here is to have ready to use educational resources in every language (Localization) to assist teaching .

• Will grow through Participation (the application will share though )Individuals, groups, organizations, NGOs.