Pratham InfoTech Foundation(PIF) is 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. Affiliated with Pratham ( www.pratham.org ), an NGO that works to provide quality education to the underprivileged ch
ildren of India, PIF runs IT based training, educational and community capacity building programs in underserved schools and communities. Pratham InfoTech Foundation is committed to ensuring “e-education for all” and engaged in the following activities,
Computer aided learning program for K-12 and educational technology infrastructure development in schools: advising, staff training, & management. Curriculum design and localized training material (digital and printed) development in local languages. Fund raising and resource mobilization through Govt. & industry partnership to advance mission agenda. The Need
Information technologies enable access to universal knowledge, quality education, good healthcare, transparent governance and economic opportunities. In the past few decades, advances in IT have brought tremendous growth and benefits to our generation. However, these benefits are not reaching all equally or if reaching, reaching too slowly. In India, people with low literacy level and from low-income families, which constitute the significant percentage of India’s total population, lack skills, knowledge, tools and capabilities to learn, access and use IT in everyday life. Most public schools in underserved areas do not have basic infrastructure for educational technologies, access to computer based educational contents and knowhow to teach IT based curriculums. A very large percentage of India’s population is at risk and may be left behind, if these problems are not addressed. Prompt attention is needed to overcome these challenges.
