There are too many hindrances when poverty becomes part of life. Education is important but without money, everything seems impossible. Good school s and teachers are expensive. The concept of no child left behind cannot be applied in India. Nobody cares about remote areas, which is full of helpless people.
Hole in the wall is a unique approach, which has been done in the rural areas of India. Even in the absence of any direct input, mere curiosity led groups of children to explore, which resulted in learning. Children learn how to use computer by discovering and exploring. This situation make them collaborate with each other to learn more and explore how to use computer. An adequate level of curiosity in learning environment can cause learning among groups of children and prove everything is possible. As the children explore their environment, they relate their new experience with their previous experience and thereby new learning takes place (Frontline World, 2002; Education Guardian, 2000; Businessweek Online, 2000; Mitra, 2000; Mitra 2003; van Cappelle, Evers & Mitra, 2004; Wullenweber, 2001).
"Minimally invasive" refers to the least possible, negligible, or the minimum help required by the child to initiate and continue the process of learning basic computing skills. Children are found to collaborate and support each other. The learning environment is characterised by its absence from adult intervention, openness and flexibility.MIE experiments clearly indicate that children are able to learn to use computers and the Internet on their own, irrespective of their social, cultural or economic backgrounds (Mitra & Rana, 2001; Mitra, 2004).
First of all, I am amaze with the way this experiment is being conduct. It caused money, time and efforts to get the result. However, everything is paid when the experiment is successful. This experiment discover new thing in life where we should give chance to other people. Although the children live in poverty, deep inside their heart, they still want to try new thing in life, especially using technologies. Computer and internet is a perfect combination to gain knowledge. When the children can learn how to use it without any professional help that mean they can get information which seems impossible to them a few years ago.
