Ramanraj K wrote: ,---- | taken there during Computer Science Period, about once a week. At | UKG, the only program introduced is `Paint' - and children can get to | learn about using the mouse, keyboard and simple tools. No text books | are `----
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,---- | At I Std, a Text Book is issued for `Computer Science'. The chapters | are: 1. Introduction 2. Hello Computers 3. Parts of a Computer 4. Uses | of Computer 5. Computers at Work 6. Type with Notepad [ms] 7. Let's `----
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True, as I might have mentioned in one of my earlier mails, there is no mandatory "computer science" subject for classes upto 10th. The only reason why all schools make it mandatory is to keep abreast of the competition -- when all others offer a CS subject, a given school has no other option. So they usually ask an NIIT or an APTECH to help them.
However the "computer miss/master" is usually someone without much enthusiasm for teaching computing the way, say, someone of our *wavelength* would want to. We (Demo@Schools) tried convincing a school (where we were regularly teaching the students some Free Software (bash, fundamentals of "UNIX", python)) to let us teach the teachers. But somehow they took it too personally and never liked the idea of a "teacher" learning from someone. :(
,---- | HTH to frame an approach to introducing free software to children, and | may be through them, to parents :) `----
Any idea what is the scenario in bangalore schools (in terms of syllabus, courses, etc.,.)? Unfortunately none of my colleagues have any school-related funda.
cheers,
-Suraj