Digital Education - Children on the Edge

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It used to be very difficult for us when we studied in books but I find it very easy when the readings on the screen are shown through big pictures on the projector
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Abdul Hefej, age 7

In Bangladesh and India, Children on the Edge create video lessons to bring learning to life in the classrooms we support.

Rohingya children living in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh are required by the government to learn using the Myanmar curriculum. This is in Burmese, a language which few Rohingya people speak or read. As a result, they cannot understand their lessons or textbooks, and an entire generation is at risk of growing up without learning to read or write.

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In 2019, we piloted the creation of visual lessons, projected in the classrooms of Kutupalong.

Our digital team recorded lessons, using the Burmese textbooks and dubbing them in Rohingya. When we presented the new video lessons, the children were speechless. This was the first time any of them had experienced a lesson in their own language and they could finally understand what was being taught.

Child after child asked for more digital lessons and soon they were being screened daily in all the classrooms we support in Bangladesh.

In 2022, our partners from India travelled to Bangladesh to learn how to recreate the same digital success in Bihar State, where they provide access to education for Dalit children ostracised from mainstream school.

A digital team was soon recruited in India, who now produce a variety of video lessons screened in classrooms via projector. The children here have responded with huge enthusiasm and love how these lessons have brought learning to life.

BRINGING LEARNING TO LIFE

Asia Manager, John Littleton and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Rebeka Khatum explain how digital lessons came to life and the huge impact they have on the Rohingya children in Bangladesh.

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We don't like books much as they are difficult and time consuming to understand, but we can easily learn things through the videos and remember the visuals. We like the videos more than books!
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Jahan Tara - aged 11, pictured below

Digital lessons enable alternative, creative, visual communication of educational content and give the children a chance to genuinely learn.

The videos combine footage of teachers explaining concepts with pictures and cartoons that bring subjects to life. Children tell us that the video lessons are their favourite thing about school and parents and teachers rave about how much the children have learnt.

Videos and content on subjects like health, human rights, wildlife, sports and culture are also shown to allow the children to see aspects of the world that they didn't previously know existed, giving them a glimpse into life outside the confines of the camps or marginalised communities where they live.

MOJA KIDS: ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY

Children also produce their own weekly video newsletters through their own online platform named 'Moja Kids'. children delight in both creating and watching the Moja Kids productions.

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"
It used to be very difficult for us when we studied in books but I find it very easy when the readings on the screen are shown through big pictures on the projector
"

BRINGING LEARNING TO LIFE

"
We don't like books much as they are difficult and time consuming to understand, but we can easily learn things through the videos and remember the visuals. We like the videos more than books!
"

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Innovation: Digital Education

Children on the Edge uses simple technology to open up a world of experience and learning for children in Bangladesh and India.

" It used to be very difficult for us when we studied in books but I find it very easy when the readings on the screen are shown through big pictures on the projector "

BRINGING LEARNING TO LIFE

" We don't like books much as they are difficult and time consuming to understand, but we can easily learn things through the videos and remember the visuals. We like the videos more than books! "

MOJA KIDS: ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY

Make a difference. Donate Today.

YOU MIGHT LIKE

Tackling Language Barriers a Step at a Time for Rohingya Refugee Children

Digital Education Programme selected for the HundrED Spotlight on Edtech in Bangladesh

Learning from Bangladesh: Introducing digital education for Dalit children in India

"
It used to be very difficult for us when we studied in books but I find it very easy when the readings on the screen are shown through big pictures on the projector
"

"
We don't like books much as they are difficult and time consuming to understand, but we can easily learn things through the videos and remember the visuals. We like the videos more than books!
"