Computers and Madurai Villages

In a Community Learning Centre in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state, India, a grandmother named Anu waits with a CD-Rom clutched in her hand. Visitors have gathered in the Centre for a workshop about a UNESCO project that uses ICT to enhance literacy education.

In a few minutes, it is Anu’s turn to speak. Her presentation is about what she learned in her literacy course at the Centre. She calmly inserts her CD-Rom into the computer and shows the audience how she is able to read and write in her own language.

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