Tutoring Method

Fun as driving force for learning, we all know it, is a powerful thing.  So is learning from people you know well and who know how you learn best. In training our students, we follow a method called the tutor system. This means in practice that advanced students, once trained to a certain level, are given the opportunity and financial support to become tutors and give classes at their turn. This way, they gain experience in teaching while continuously improving their own IT skills. It also means that skills learned from visiting volunteers are retained and repeatedly transferred within our community.

A number of volunteers contributed to the project over time, with computer  teaching, hardware providing and technical mantenance, building up a small library. We will welcome volunteers again soon, should you be interested please contact us.

Some young SVCC students during school lessons.

Kamal holds a Bachelor in Social Studies and Humanities from Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu. He works as a secondary school teacher in Bacchauli. Following his long-term work with Silicon Village, Kamal was invited to give presentations at Asia Source in Bangalore, India, and in Siem Reap, Cambodia (FOSS SAP II), on running low cost grass roots level IT projects. He shared and exchanged experiences with a big number of other NGO professionals from all over Asia there.