Template:Digital Library for School Students Pilot Project
Project Number | NF/PG/2012/0003 | Grant Agency / Donors | Noolaham Foundation | Project Owner | Shaseevan Ganeshananthan | |
Project Mentor | Shaseevan Ganeshananthan | Project Locations | Jaffna, Trincomalee and Colombo | Project Period | 2012 - 2013 | |
Stakeholders | Department of Education, Northern Province Various Zonal Education offices and School teachers |
The Digital Library for School Students Pilot Project was carried out by Noolaham Foundation in 2012/2013 to create open access digital library for the Sri Lankan Tamil speaking students and educators. This project was aimed at digitizing educational materials. It was the first step taken by the Foundation towards establishing virtual learning platforms for the Tamil speaking students in Sri Lanka through its Pallikoodam Program. It is an educational initiative of Noolaham Foundation that aims at creating an alternative, community-centered educational system among the Tamil speaking communities in Sri Lanka.
Through this project 500 G.C.E advanced level and ordinary level exam papers were digitized and made available online at Noolaham Foundation’s Pallikoodam Program website at www.epallikoodam.org. Events were conducted at four schools to introduce the Pallikoodam Program as well as Noolaham Digital Library. The Education Department of Northern Province, four zonal Education departments and 11 schools contributed towards this project. This initiative was a massive success and special appreciation came from school teachers and students.