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DiGitAL LitERACy CEntRE DEBOJit kuRmi

B. Com Graduate (Accounts and Finance), Rong Bong

the new way of education is the digital way. With the locality. certificates provided by microsoft Six months of training that I have been through at the Lattakoojan
technology and internet penetrating communities and IrdIs are awarded to the participants on the Digital Literacy Centre has helped me to develop skills in Tally,
and being accessible to people of all socio- successful completion of the training programme. ERP9, MS Word and Excel. The most difficult lessons have been
economic status, it is a necessity today. imparted to us by our trainers with so much of ease that it is now one
the success of the initiative has encouraged aPPl of the most memorable experiences in my life. I am very thankful
aPPl Foundation in collaboration with Institute of Foundation to take digital literacy opportunities to APPL Foundation, IRDIS and Numaligarh Refinery Limited for
research & documentation of Indigenous studies at the door step of communities in upper assam. providing us with this learning opportunity.
(IrdIs) set up a digital literacy centre (dlc) at after successfull functioning of the HP classroom
lattakoojan tea estate, golaghat in 2014, with at chubwa tea estate which trains children of
the objective of disseminating basic computer the tea garden communities in digital literacy,
knowledge within the tea community. the digital the Foundation is keen to extend its programme
literacy curriculum continues to offer basic and to other tea garden communities through
advanced digital literacy courses to youth beyond collaboration.

APPL Foundation’s first initiative in the arena of

Digital Literacy is in collaboration with IRDIS at

Lattakoojan Tea Estate, Golaghat

36 students QualIFIed

tHe BasIc course

21 students QualIFIed

tHe advance course

Reaching digital knowledge to a broad spectrum of learners is the core belief of our digital literacy programme

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