“Sanarip Insan” is a project to educate people on digital skills. The main goal of the project is to teach citizens digital literacy skills such as usage of Google platforms, creation of email, or digital security on the internet. The target audience is women and youth. It teaches citizens digital skills, which are now firmly entrenched in daily living. Our potential audiences start basic technological education at first, continually improving learning techniques to support their personal and career growth. “Sanarip Insan” (“Digital Citizen”) is funded by the European Union.
In honor of “Europe Day” on May 9 and “World Telecommunication and Information Society Day” on May 17, the Kyrgyz Internet Society hosted a webinar entitled “What are the digital opportunities for rural residents?” The webinar was attended by leaders of several EU-funded projects in Kyrgyzstan that provided information technology opportunities and grant support to […]
To celebrate the Europe Day (9 May) and the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (17 May), the Kyrgyz Internet Society will host a webinar “What digital opportunities are available for rural communities?” The webinar will bring together leaders of several EU-funded and EU-related projects in the Kyrgyz Republic to inform youth, women and migrants […]
On 31 March 2022, a forum on “Promoting Equal Economic Opportunities and Resilience of Youth” was held at the Park Hotel Conference Hall, where the Sanarip Insan Project was launched. The round table was held in a hybrid format, with more than 80 guests from the public and private sectors attending offline and international partners […]
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.
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.
It looks like the Wikiquote in ilimBoxhigh school teachers joined the presentation of ilimBoxWe explained the contents of the ilimBoxHere is the home page of ilimBox
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.
Schoolgirl of senior classes is trying to open electronic library of ilimBoxPresentation of device ilimBoxIn the presentation of ilimBox assembled senior schoolchildren
On September 10-11, 2019, the ISOC team installed the electronic library “Ilim Box” in secondary schools in the southern part of Issyk-Kul region. The device allows you to access all educational resources without an Internet connection, in other words offline. Moreover, it is worth noting that all data is stored in the device itself, and only the power supply and the box itself are needed for connection. The uniqueness of the innovative project is that students can access educational resources at school without an Internet connection. Preparation for the trip took more than two weeks, because in addition to the presentation, the team has developed a new logo that reflects the essence of the project “Ilim Box”. Identification marks were made for the trip: branding boxes, roll-ups, spiders, t-shirts, stickers. The choice of schools was due to several factors: no access to the Internet for students, lack of books, as well as the number of students exceeded the permissible maximum, thereby increasing the likelihood of poor performance in schools without a network connection, as well as the choice of educational institutions influenced the list of proposed schools by the Ministry of education and science of the Kyrgyz Republic. The devices were donated: School № 10 Manas (Balykchy) School №7 (Balykchy) School B. Alakhov (Kara-Taala) School R. Jangaziev (Kara-Koo) School Erkinbaeva (Bar-Bulak) School-gymnasium №11 (Karakol) School Esimbekova (Tegizchil) School D. Turebekov (Boz-Bulun) In these schools was held a presentation of the project “Ilim box” then testing the device with students and teachers and handing the device. During the conversation, the importance of education and self-education were touched upon. Our visit to these schools has caused positive responses from the school administration, as none of them have access to the Internet for students, and most of them stressed the problem of not completing books in both Russian and Kyrgyz languages. It should be noted that in most of the rural schools it is forbidden to use a mobile phone on the territory of the educational institution, as teachers notice children’s gaming preferences during lessons. We showed the guys that with the advent of “Ilim box” smartphone can be used exclusively for educational purposes, and all this can be fun through video lessons. In Kyrgyzstan, there are more than 2,000 schools, among which there are those that do not have access to the Internet and do not have enough books. Accordingly, it affects the level of quality of education. In 2018, Kyrgyzstan declined to participate in the PISA world school rankings, as it was ranked last 65th in previous competitions. Innovative solutions to two pressing problems such as the lack of books and the lack of Internet can be seen in the project digital library for schools and public libraries “Ilim Box”, which contains Wikipedia in Kyrgyz, Russian and English, Khan Academy in English, thousands of video lessons, audio and e-books. All these digital learning materials are available offline, in other words does not need Internet access. Access to Digital libraries will be carried out through smartphones, tablets, computers and any other personal devices with Wi-Fi technology. “Ilim Box” will allow Kyrgyzstan to increase the level of education in the regions”, – said the Chairman of ISOC – Talant Sultanov, at the digital forum of Kazakhstan. Thus, visits to schools helped to identify several important points: need to develop a training manual on Kyrgyz language for better perception of information is needed in the formation of a database of electronic books, the materials should be in Russian and Kyrgyz languages, there is a need to create a list of the most useful books, and download online tests for the preparation to ORT. The goals and objectives of the project “Ilim Box” coincide with the five-year strategy of digital transformation “Digital Kyrgyzstan 2019-2023” and contribute to the achievement of target indicators for the component “development of the digital state” and “development of digital skills”. The project is funded by Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2018 (AEIF) as part of innovative solutions to global challenges and by program Beyond the Net ISOC.
The project previously had various names “Internet in a box”, “Bilim Bulagy”, “Spring of Knowledge”and is not related to the World Bank project “Bilim Bulagy”.
