CPU Initiative - Lao Cai

The Si Ma Cai and Bac Ha Computer Project was created to help meet the educational needs of Bac Ha district schools in Lao Cai Province. There are 21 out of 23 secondary schools in the district that currently do not have computers. The staff has very little access to information technology. Students learn about computers in textbooks, often without ever having the chance to use a real one. Teachers prepare all materials such as tests, grades and lesson plans by hand.

In response to this situation, GVI will work towards donating and installing 10 new multi-media computers with high speed internet connection at the Ta Chai Secondary School in August 2007. GVI will also provide financial assistance for organizing an IT training course for Bac Ha teachers, and will assist in writing the computer syllabus for the school’s teaching staff. (GVI and Bac Ha have plans to duplicate this project at a second school in the last quarter of 2007.)