CYPTEC on Wheels
The objective of taking ICT to rural areas where people neither have access nor the resources was fulfilled through the CYPTEC on Wheels.
This is a mobile van fitted with computers, which moves from one region to another to bring awareness among the disadvantaged sections of society. This helps train the unemployed youth force and provides them with better job opportunities. They learn the basics of ICT and enhance their skills, thus enabling them to contribute in the national economic growth as well as their individual/family economic growth.
Objectives
- Narrowing the digital divide between the privileged and the less privileged
- Taking ICT to rural/urban youth and schools, which are otherwise deprived of such opportunities, and training them at their doorstep
- Empowering rural/urban youth through easy access to learning computer skills and increased awareness
- Ensuring their productive participation in national development
- Encouraging rural/urban youth to take part in ICT education
- Setting up an example for development conscious individuals and organizations to contribute towards integrating ICT education in rural developments efforts
Through this van, CYP Asia Centre also plans to spread various messages on number of social issue such as such as:
- Education for young children
- AIDS awareness programmes
- Evils of dowry
- Evils of girl child abortion, etc.