This is one of the largest educational institutions of Issyk-Kul region, in which we have established ilimBox, it has 2600 students, children study in double shifts school.
Despite the fact that the school is a gymnasium and is located in Karakol, it still has difficulties accessing the global network.
As high school students admitted, they liked the project with free access to educational information and the opportunity to learn English through the educational resource “Khan Academy”.
The device was installed in the office of computer science and attached instructions for use in Russian.
In the fifth school it was possible to meet not only teachers, but also pupils whom in school will count 268.
The presentation ilimBox called about ten active high school students and several teachers.
In this school, we noticed posters prohibiting the use of a mobile device at school, as in the classroom, children often use it for entertainment purposes.
We, in turn, have shown that with the advent of “IlimBox” smartphone can be used exclusively for educational purposes, and all this can be fun through video lessons.
A high school teacher in the Talas region sad gratitude to the project or ilimBox.
ilimBox – digital source of knowledge – the product is implemented based on “Orange Pi” to provide access for students and teachers in remote secondary schools of the Kyrgyz Republic to the textbooks in digital format, Wikipedia and the Khan Academy resources in offline mode.
Project “ilimBox” funded in the framework of the program “Beyond The Net”, created by the Internet Society and Foundation “AIEF2018”. The project is implemented by the Kyrgyz Branch of the Internet Community ISOC.
In the third school of SS.B. Alakov (S. Kara-Taala) voiced the same problem – the lack of Internet access for students. In this school 514 pupils, more than 100 children of final classes study. Graduates admitted that they are experiencing difficulties in preparing for the national testing, as the library does not have sufficient material resources.
It should be noted that the use of the phone on school grounds is prohibited. Despite this, the director of school – S. S. Cookeev permission to students to use phones in the office computer where it was installed ilimBox with appropriate instruction in Kyrgyz and Russian languages.
Young teachers of the school attended the presentation with great interest connected the phones to the device IlimBox.
The high school students and teachers noted that they were pleasantly surprised by the innovation of the project, and were pleased to join the list of participants, with whom we undertake to periodically contact for information about the operation of the device and feedback on improving the content.
Young teachers of the school attended the presentation of ilimBox
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State Communications Agency under State Committee of Information Technology and Communications of Kyrgyz Republic send announcement to Internet Providers and Mobile Operators to consider connecting to Ferghana Valley Internet Exchange Point launched spring 2019.
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The Second school №7 (Balykchy) was near the first twenty minutes. This school was not included in the list to install ilimBox, however, the Director of school №10 Manasa asked to go to the school next door, as they had similar problems with Internet access for students. It has 518 children. It should also be noted that it is located on the outskirts of the village, and therefore has problems with telephone communication.
The Director was very pleased with our visit and the presentation of the device that helps to access educational resources without an Internet connection, as it turned out that the school has access to the Internet only through a 3G modem in the office of the Director.
As the guys noticed, they now do not need to spend money in computer clubs to prepare an essay, report, etc.Since the language of instruction is Kyrgyz, the teachers liked the base of the electronic library in two languages.
For public access during school hours, IlimBox with visual instruction was established in the school’s library.
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The First school we visited was school №10. Manas (Balykchy) in which 895 children are trained. The school is connected to the Internet, however, it is only the Director’s office, in connection with which this educational institution was included into the list of schools to install electronic library ilimBox.
The Administration warmly welcomed our team and gathered all the high school students in the auditorium. The number of children numbered more than 120 people.
During the presentation it became obvious that it becomes difficult to keep the attention of children of grades 5-6, in connection with which we decided to leave active children and show them the principle of operation of the device in order for them to share their knowledge with their peers,” – said the representative of the ISOC team Begaim bekbolotova.
Re-presentation of the project was done in another room for high school students interested in teaching their peers. They actively asked questions and practiced through their smartphones.
The Director of the school – Venera Jusuenvasad: “This project will help our school to solve the issue with the textbooks”. Interest to our project was shown not only by teachers and students, but also by parents who came for children of younger classes, who with great curiosity asked about the possibility of purchasing a device home.
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