{"id":1065,"date":"2013-10-10T23:23:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T05:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsoncomputers.org\/?page_id=1065"},"modified":"2015-01-07T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:25:31","slug":"panini-sanskrit-secondary-school-nepal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/test.kidsoncomputers.org\/?page_id=1065","title":{"rendered":"Panini Sanskrit Secondary School, Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In partnership with CHOICE Humanitarian, Kids on Computers has established computer labs in the Lamjung District in central Nepal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Setup Date:<\/strong> 18 Sep 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Duradanda VDC, Lamjung District, Nepal (<a title=\"Panini Sanskrit Secondary School, Nepal\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=28+9+57.25N,+84+20+58.2E&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=28.165943,84.349648&amp;spn=0.001258,0.002186&amp;sll=28.166021,84.349562&amp;sspn=0.001258,0.002186&amp;t=h&amp;z=19\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsoncomputers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/panini_laptops.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1033\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kidsoncomputers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/panini_laptops-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Panini Sanscrit\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Panini Sanskrit Secondary School is about a 30 minute &#8220;walk&#8221; to the west from <a title=\"Sarbodaya College, Nepal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsoncomputers.org\/sarbodaya-college-nepal\" target=\"_blank\">Sarbodaya College<\/a>. The school in this community has a goal to preserve and teach cultural traditions and values, including classical Sanskrit.<\/p>\n<p>Four laptops were setup in Panini Sanskrit Secondary School, each running Anti-X Linux 13.1. \u00a0Educational apps like TuxMath, TuxType, and GCompris are installed, along with Libre Office, and several other open source apps. \u00a0On the laptops with enough disk space, we installed a copy of offline Khan Academy videos and offline Wikipedia as well.<\/p>\n<p>When we first arrived at Panini, there was no power. \u00a0Availability of power in Nepal is improving, but still has challenges. \u00a0At some times of the year, power is off up to 18 hours per day. \u00a0Under normal circumstances, a load shedding schedule is followed, where power will be off at (somewhat) predictable times each day. \u00a0This is a challenging environment for computers that need power.<\/p>\n<p>While waiting for the power to come on, we decided to take a few pictures in and around the school, including a few spiders hanging around on the trees. \u00a0After a few minutes, the power was back and we got back to the lab.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1068\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsoncomputers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/panini_spider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1068\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kidsoncomputers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/panini_spider-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tree spider outside the classroom\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tree spider outside the classroom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In partnership with CHOICE Humanitarian, Kids on Computers has established computer labs in the Lamjung District in central Nepal. Setup Date: 18 Sep 2013 Location: Duradanda VDC, Lamjung District, Nepal (map) Panini Sanskrit Secondary School is about a 30 minute &#8220;walk&#8221; to the west from Sarbodaya College. 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