Youth Assembly designs new IT literacy programme

The National Youth Assembly (NYA) has designed a unique IT literacy programme 2012 ‘Mobile-Computer Literacy’ Project for the ignored people of the society.
President National Youth Assembly Hanan Ali Abbasi told APP that the NYA was equipped with computers, printer, web-camera, and intern facility suitable for 20 students at a time. It has in built electricity system containing generator, UPS and batteries of 10 hours back up facility.
At least 200 students would get training at same time, he said.
According to Hanan, the lectures will be delivered to the participants of training via projectors.
Handouts will be provided to the participants for further more understanding about computer use. Each project cost is approximately Rs 3 million.
The NYA president said after reviewing prevailing projects of various governmental and non-governmental organizations, they realised some grey areas and they were trying to remove them in the model project.
“In this project, we have introduced an implementable and pragmatic way to train people from the backward areas of the country through movable, convertible vans.
Project Advisor Nazia Raja, said, “We have multifarious expectations with this project, like; empowering literally-neglected people of Omni-age-bracket, eliminating education-divide culture, multiplying educational opportunities, and eradicating educational discrimination.”
A fifteen days course of 75 hours duration, containing computer typing, MS Office, Introduction of e-mail and Internet including web-browsing has already been designed for this training project.
From this project, new computers labs will be build in slum areas of the country. Our highly effective charitable computer donation program produces a substantial impact on the quality of life for many.
Previously, the Upper House of National Youth Assembly – Youth Senate Pakistan has successfully completed its Nation wide campaign to feed hungry people during the month of Ramazan. Thousands of poor people from different nooks and corners of 20 districts of Pakistan – Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Hyderabad, Abbottabad, Mardan, Sialkot, Chakwal, Jhelum, and others – have benefited by the campaign.