Evolution of Digital Literacy project in rural India

Students of the iSTEM Club at Bridgewater-Raritan High School started the Digital Literacy project in the village of Paushi, West Bengal back in the summer of 2013. Two phases of the project have since been completed, one in 2013 and one in 2014. The first phase consisted of setting up one desktop system and one printer, which were used to teach the children of the village how to use computers. In phase two, a second desktop system was installed and supplies for the printer were replenished. This paper puts emphasis on the third and final phase of this project, completed in the winter of 2015. In this third phase, a concrete building was built to permanently house the desktop systems and to serve as the new venue for the cyber classroom. In addition, the facilities were further expanded after four additional donated desktop systems were installed in the library.