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Ict Oriented Toward Nyaya: Community Computing In India’S Slums, Erik J. Byker
Ict Oriented Toward Nyaya: Community Computing In India’S Slums, Erik J. Byker
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In many schools across India, access to information and communication technology (ICT) is still a rare privilege. While the Annual Status of Education Report in India (2013) showed a marginal uptick in the amount of computers, the opportunities for children to use those computers have remained stagnant. The lack of access to ICT is especially common in India’s urban slum areas, which is privy to the “Matthew Effect” (Merton, 1968) where the poor become poorer based in part on the scarcity of high-tech resources. This article’s purpose is to describe and report on ICT program interventions that target young people …