Computer Education

WHAT DOES THE FOUNDATION DO?

Samta Foundation’s service model begins with identifying schools that provide free education to the underprivileged rural & tribal children & those that operates with government aid & private donations
On identifying such schools, the Foundation requests for a secure lab room from the school
The Foundation then brings together all the required resources at its cost to make the computer lab effective & functional – classroom furniture, computers, internet connectivity, backup battery systems & qualified trainers
All operations, maintenance and equipment upgrades are taken care of by the Foundation
As no computer curriculum is being offered through government education system, the Foundation team designed its own curriculum including computer basics, MS Office package, Internet
IIT Bombay curriculum is taught for courses like graphic design and accounting. IIT Bombay issues certificates to the students on completion of the specialized courses
Students are also provided access to an e-library to refer to millions of free books available online through Government of India resources
The Foundation provides free summer programs to teach basic computers to the school teachers, recent school graduates & nearby villagers, duly awarding them with certificates from the Foundation
For the curious & enthusiastic students, extra computer lab hours are provided as part of an initiative called “Star Batches”
To make students better employable youth, courses in the areas of Advanced accounting, Hardware-Networking & Film Editing will be offered to high school students starting in academic year 2019

Students enrolled for computer education

Schools have Computer Labs

New schools by June 2019

HOW IT STARTED?

The roots of Samta Foundation’s endeavour of providing Computer Education to underprivileged children lie in the Founder, Mr. Purushottam Agrawal’s sentiments. Back in 2014, he witnessed the dilapidated condition of Manutai Kanya School in Akola, where his late wife had studied. Over the years, despite its poor financial condition, the school was offering free education, meals and uniforms to girls from poor families of ragpickers, cleaners and manual scavengers.

The girls were attending the school as otherwise they had nowhere else to go
The school had broken furniture, leaky roofs and no toilets
Many students were being supported by teachers for buying uniform or school supplies
Students had very poor attendance record