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School Connectivity

18.03.2022

This project provides accessible internet for remote schools in Kyrgyzstan. Many students and teachers suffer from insufficient internet in their schools. As a result, they cannot watch educational materials, connect with friends. Furthermore, during the pandemic, these students and teachers could not study and teach. The team of isoc chapter Kyrgyzstan focuses on providing internet […]
Bringing digital education to remote village schools with Ilimbox

27.09.2019

Ilimbox-digital source of knowledge-a product implemented on the basis of Orange Pi in order to provide access to students and teachers of remote secondary schools of the Kyrgyz Republic to textbooks in digital format, Wikipedia and resources of Khan Academy in offline mode. The Ilimbox project is funded by the Beyond The Net program created […]
Kyrgyzstan has developed a useful alternative to the Internet for schoolchildren

26.09.2019

In recent years, the Internet has become increasingly accessible to Kyrgyz people. If about 5 years ago only residents of the capital could afford access to the world wide web, now it is quite a familiar thing for residents of the regions. The Internet plays an important role in modern education. Problems such as the […]
School of D. Turabekova (Boz-Bulun v., Issyk-Kul region)

24.09.2019

The final trip was school  of D. Turabekova (Boz-Bulun v.). There are 214 students enrolled. In this school the device “Ilim Box” was earlier established, however, it was the outdated version which as it became clear, unfortunately, wasn’t used on purpose, and gathered dust in one of offices as the head teacher lost the password […]
School of Eshimbekova (Tegizchil v., Issyk-Kul region)

23.09.2019

The penultimate visit was to the school Esimbekova (Tegizchil v.). It is a compact school with 238 children.  It is located on the outskirts of the village Tegizchil, however, despite this, at school we met a volunteer from the United States who came on a Peace Corps knowledge-sharing project. He teaches children English for the […]
School of Ekinbaeva (Bar-Bulak v., Issyk-Kul region)

21.09.2019

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 […]
School of R. Jangazieva (Kara-Koo, Issyk-Kul region)

20.09.2019

The fourth school in line was school of R. Jangaziev (Kara-Koo v., Issyk-Kul region). There are 776 students enrolled, however, we found only teachers, but it should be noted their interest in the project was genuine. After the presentation, everyone was happy to test the connection to the network via the phone. During the conversation […]
Connecting schools to Ilimbox aka Bilim Bulagy

13.04.2019

On April 13, 2019, the ISOC team began installing the Bilim Bulagy electronic library. The device allows you to access all educational resources without an Internet connection, in other words offline. Moreover, it should be noted that all data is stored in the device itself, and only power supply and wireless modem are required for […]
Interview about community network on “Suusamyr FM”

23.11.2018

November 23, 2018 after the launch of the project “Suusamyr net” and the start of connecting subscribers, a meeting with local residents was organized. During the conversation, they talked about the project, the advantages and importance of high-speed Internet. The audience needed to provide ip TV, as there were no entertainment and sports channels, and […]