Imparting digital literacy and media & information literacy to first-generation Internet users.

START is a digital learning and MIL toolkit, which has been developed after years of experience in imparting functional digital literacy through hands-on training and workshops in rural and tribal communities. It has been designed exclusively for first-generation technology users to promote digital inclusion and fight information poverty.

It is a 45-hour digital learning curriculum that covers 30 topics ranging from basics of computers, use of applications, media & information literacy and online security and safety, among others. The pedagogy for START focuses on hands-on training and workshops in rural and tribal communities through activities and gamification of topics.

Efforts are now underway to include a Media & Information Literacy (MIL) module into the START curriculum so that the first-generation users are also able to access, analyse and understand information to become conscious consumers and producers of online content. Next on the agenda would be to transform the entire START curriculum into an audio-visual curriculum to comprehensively and holistically include those who cannot read or write a script.

Status:
Ongoing

Impact:
5 million+ beneficiaries reached
24 Indian states reached

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