Focus Area - Tele-Center

A Tele-center is a work location usually in a different area than the organization's main office that provides convenient access to work with equipments that people don't have at home. Tele-center are established with a view to provide easy access to work with equipment that people in rural areas do not have at home.

The approach to Tele-center was instigated in order to shrink the Digital Divide that evolved from the situation in which substantial number of citizen in the developing country lack to obtain the rights of developmental progress. In general, through the concept of Tele-center, it is aimed to provide the deficit community with the ease of modern Information technological services such as internet, email, fax, photocopy, scan etc in order to help them reach the realm of development.

Establishment of Tele-center helps to reduce the Information and knowledge poverty, consequent trivial boundary relation in developmental effort to showcase major changes in modern Information and Communication sector. At present, it is strongly felt that with the establishment of Tele-center, developmental methodology based on Information and Communication technology should also go hand in hand

Objective:

• To maximize the use of ICT to meet the goal of Development
• Providing internet access for rural community
• Develop a knowledge based society
• Provide information related to agriculture production, tele-medicine
• Trace the route for study and employment opportunity

Services provided by Tele-center:

• General telephone service for receiving incoming calls and transferring outgoing call.
• Internet and email service
• Formatting documents in word, spreadsheet, database and creating pamphlets
• Surfing the internet for study, business and entertainment
• Graphic designing and Desktop publishing
• Promote computer usage
• Conducting basic computer skill development training programs
• Video conferencing

Tele-centers established and managed by NITC :

1. KrishnaChowk, Chitwan
2. Madhesa, Sunsari
3. MilanChowk, Parbat
4. Sankhu, Kathmandu
5. Devighat, Nuwakot
6. Kowang, Mustang
7. Malangwa, Sarlahi

Tele-centers established and managed by NITC with the support of ICT4D (UNDP project) :

1. Sighiya, Dumraha, Sunsari
2. Dumraha, Sunsari
3. Ramjhatar, Okhaldunga
4. Okhaldhunga, Okhaldunga
5. Katuwachaupari, Parbat
6. Manjhphat, Parbat
7. Jomsom, Mustang
8. Marpha, Mustang
9. Gherkhutar, Nuwakot

Tele-centers established with the support of NITC and KOICA with the technical support of FIT Nepal:

1. Panchyat Secondary School, Morang, Eastern
2. Haldibari Secondary School, Jhapa,Eastern
3. Pata Pradak Lower Secondary School, Badikhel, Lalitpur, Central
4. Shree Jorpati Secondary High School, Nangkhel, Bhaktapur, Central
5. Sami Bhangjyang Higher Secondary School, Dhading, Central
6. Shree Ganesh Kakani Lower Secondary School, Kakani, Nuwakot, Central
7. Sen Secondary School, Tansen, Palpa, Western
8. Shree Babuji Ray Junai Thakur Lower Secondary School, Fulbariya, Siraha, Eastern
9. Pragati Higher Secondary School, Pashupatinagar, Makwanpur, Central
10. Mathurapati Secondary School, Fulbari, Kavre, Central
11. Narayan Jan Secondary School, Machchhegaon, Kathmandu

Tele-centers established and managed by HLCIT:

1. Panauti, Kavre
2. Gai ghat, Udayapur
3. Basamadi, Makwanpur
4. Tukche, Mustang
5. Silgadi, Doti
6. Birendranagar, Surkhet
7. Baglung Bazar, Baglung
8. Durgapur, Jhapa
9. Rotary Club of Dhulikhel, Kavre
10. Tolka, Kaski
11. Majhagaw, Kaski
12. Chandrakot, Kaski
13. Mugling, Chitwan
14. Charikot, Dolakha
15. Kamane, Makwanpur
16. Judibela, Rautahat
17. Sandhikahraka, Arghakhanchi

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