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World Bank Approves Funding for Integration of the International Children's Digital Library Content in Rural Mongolian Schools
Specifications of the grant include the following:
— The provision of
— The training of teachers and students in the successful use of the XO laptop computers to improve students' learning.
— The design of an effective monitoring and evaluation system to extract relevant lessons from the pilot and adjust the project design as necessary.
— The procurement of children's laptops from OLPC.
The Government of
In the context of this ongoing initiative, the GoM has requested additional financing under the World Bank's Rural Education and Development Project (READ) to support its ongoing collaboration with ICDL and OLPC in order to leverage READ to enhance the value of integrating children's digital libraries with the XO laptop computer platform in rural schools.
"Grants like these make it possible for the ICDL and OLPC to create a more sophisticated, educational experience for children all over the world," said
About ICDL
Founded in 2002, the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) has the world's largest collection of children's literature available freely on the Internet. Funded initially by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and Microsoft Research, ICDL debuted at an international celebration at the Library of Congress. The mission of the non-profit ICDL Foundation is to identify exemplary books that help children to understand the world around them and the global society in which they live and make them freely available on the Internet. The materials in its collection, all presented in the original languages in which they were published, reflect similarities and differences in cultures, societies, interests, and lifestyles of peoples around the world. For more information, please visit ICDL on the Web at www.childrenslibrary.org.
About The World Bank
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in the common sense. We are made up of two unique development institutions owned by 185 member countries-the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA).
Each institution plays a different but supportive role in our mission of global poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards. The IBRD focuses on middle income and creditworthy poor countries, while IDA focuses on the poorest countries in the world. Together we provide low-interest loans, interest-free credit and grants to developing countries for education, health, infrastructure, communications and many other purposes. For more information, please visit: http://www.worldbank.org.mn
SOURCE The International Children's Digital Library
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