Pratham InfoTech FoundationAnnual Report

2013 - 2014

Message from the Director

About Pratham InfoTech Foundation

Reach and Impact

Programs

CAL and DLLS

Learning Skill Development

India Digital Inclusion

Our Board

Annexure

Audited Financial Statement

Contact

Contents

About Pratham InfoTech Foundation

Vision All people- regardless of social background, income level, geographic

isolation, skill gap and educational qualifications, reap the social and

economic benefits that information technologies promise to all in the new

world in which information and technology touch every aspect of our life.

Mission Aim to boost digital literacy, bridge digital divide, facilitate the adoption of

information technologies in education, and equip at risk youths with skills,

tools and capabilities that new global economy demands.

Programs, products and services that stress the use of IT to address

socio-economic problems of the disadvantaged and under served population.

Holistic program development, value-addition to stakeholders

and sustain ability of efforts are key determinants of success.

A low cost, scalable and quality driven operational model that relies

on recruiting smart, talented youth from the under served communities we serve. 

Emphasis on capacity building, skill development, social

integration and inclusive growth

Approach

8 States

36 Cit ies

450+ Schools

350+ D ig iTech centers

123900+ School Students

270+ School Teachers t ra ined

2130+ Youth

Reach and

Impact

Computer Aided Learning and

Digital Literacy as

Life Skill

Computer Aided Learning (CAL) program aims to gives primary school children

appropriate exposure to information technologies at an early age in their classroom

environments.

While the Digital Literacy as Life Skill (DLLS) program aims to instil in secondary

school students the skills and abilities on how to use IT tools in everyday life.

Highlights:

145 DigiTech Centers were started in 2013 2014 benefiting 39300 students with the

support of the below partnership:

PIF in partnership with BPCL started 30 DigiTech centers in Lucknow and 13 DigiTech

centers in Uran.

17 DigiTech centers were started in Delhi and Noida.

Jaipur now has 13 more DigiTech centers.

DigiTech centers in 20 schools were started in Pune for the higher secondary students

in partnership with Tech Mahindra and Pune Municipal Corporation.

PIF and IBM came together to start IBM KIDSMART centers in 5 Khamgaon Municipal Council schools,

15 Ratnagiri Municipal Council schools and 8 Surat low income private schools along with a donation of 115 Young Explorer Units.

10 DigiTech centers were started in Navi Mumbai in partnership with Rotary Foundation.

PIF, TCS and NADCOR together started 24 DigiTech centers in Jhansi .

Projects done by the students throughout 2013-2014 were exhibited in schools across the states in India.

236 school teachers were IT trained in 2013-2014.

A panel discussion on the Roles and Responsibilities of School Management Committee was held in Uran.

412 Sancharaks were trained in 2013-2014.

PIF had its stall in the NGO Asia Exhibition

95% of Zilla Parishad schools went onto the next progressive level to be part of a sustainable model as they were adopted by the

Gram Panchayat

Total reach of the CAL and DLLS program is 354 DigiTech centers covering 417 schools benefiting

122743 primary and secondary school students.

Learning Skill Development

It is important to provide a competency based foundation coursework at secondary

level for Math, Science and English and this is exactly what this program aims at.

Highlights:

In addition to the 25 BPCL supported schools that this program runs in, 2013- 2014

welcomed 15 news schools in partnership with WNS.

1200 8, 9 10 40 Std and students from schools were enrolled in the program in

2013-2014.

261 290 2013 SSC board examinations. out of students passed in the Career

guidance seminars and workshops were conducted for these students. students 59

were given scholarships and enrolled in vocational courses that can equip them with stskills needed to enhance their livelihood. existing students passed their 1 year 21

ndand went on to the 2 year of their vocational course. An interactive 3 days workshop

was organised for the fellows as part of their fellowship program.

A day long Science exhibition was held in Swami Vivekanand School by the students

of Std. and 8, 9 10.

The students were also taken on an exposure visit to Nehru Planetarium.

Teacher Development

Program

The TDP program aims to design and implement training modules on subject content in Math,

Language, EVS, pedagogy in these subjects and soft -skills for motivated primary grade

teachers from low income private and municipal schools .

Thus the program intends to motivate and empower Primary grade teachers so that they in turn

impact the learning outcomes of children from low-income households.

Information technologies have a great potential to supplement traditional teaching

environment. The potential of information technology in improving the effectiveness of

teaching must be harnessed. 

Highlights:

Moving ahead with this belief school teachers were trained in designing teaching 38

content as well as soft skills in the year .2013-2014

India Digital Inclusion Program

Youths with limited education and economically disadvantaged backgrounds are ignorant of, and lack access to facilities that could help improve their lives.

Highlights:

1 Community Information and Training (CIT) center was started in Maan village Pune

in partnership with Tech Mahindra.

PIF in partnership with BPCL began a CIT center in Mahul Village which aims to reach

out to beneficiaries.660

PIF believes there is a need to train and equip socially and economically isolated young population with the means of gaining productive employment and accessing economic opportunities so they stay technically competent in a new global economy.

Highlights:

youth were IT trained in schools after school working hours. 2,130

health camps were organised benefitting more than community members.21 750

community based workshops were conducted benefiting community 516 7740

members. These workshops were mainly focused on creating IT awareness and to promote internet safety.

We are a non-profit organization that works in India to bridge the digital divide, facilitate the adoption of information technologies (IT) in education,

and equip disadvantaged youths with skills, tools and capabilities that new global economy demands.

We run IT based training, educational and community capacity building programs in under served schools and communities.

Pratham InfoTech Foundation is committed to ensuring “e-education for all”

Contact

Head Office- Mumbai:78/A, Kamgar Nagar CHSL,S.G. Barve Marg, Kurla (E),Mumbai- 400024.Tel: 91 (0220 25220589Website: www.pif.org.in