Responding to the learning and developmental needs of out-of-school adolescents

This paper discusses the background, strategies, outcomes, challenges and learnings of Kishori Chitrapata, a project of IT for Change that addresses the learning needs of out-of-school adolescent girls through innovative uses of ICTs such as video, radio and computing technology.

The project takes a constructivist approach to learning and the girls are encouraged to explore, question and redefine their social and cultural universe through these technologies. It was produced in response to call for papers on "Responding to the learning and developmental needs of out-of-school adolescents - Experiences of South Asian countries" by the gender list of Solution Exchange (UNESCO) and Plan India.