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This article describes a study under the Reaching the Unreached component of the Chiphen Rigpel project between the governments of Bhutan and India. This initiative is an attempt to provide computer literacy to children of Bhutan through setting up “hole in the wall” (HiWEL) Playground Learning Station(s) (PLSs). The study described here involves 14 sites (the experimental group), where PLSs are installed,...
What and how much can children learn without subject teachers? In an attempt to find a limit to self organized learning, we explored the capacity of 10–14 year old Tamil‐speaking children in a remote Indian village to learn basic molecular biology, initially on their own with a Hole‐in‐the‐Wall public computer facility, and later with the help of a mediator without knowledge of this subject. We then...
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