Thematic Edit-a-thon at J.P.Naik Centre for Education & Development, Pune
Participants at the edit-a-thon/ Image By सुबोध कुलकर्णी / CC-BY-SA 4.0
A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was held at the J.P. Naik Centre for Education and Development in Pune recently.
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Marathi Wikipedia workshop was conducted in conjunction with VIgyan
Ashram, a social work organization on 9 May, 2017. This was held at the
J.P. Naik Centre for Education and Development. Vigyan Ashram
conducts courses on Introduction to Basic Technology (IBT) or Multi
Skill
Foundation Course in various schools for integrating socially
useful productive work with school curriculum. The goal of Wikipedia
edit-a-thon was to attempt to integrate these objectives with
Wikipedia Education Program and develop long term strategies. It also
aims to build resources in the field of appropriate rural technologies
on Marathi Wikipedia and equip its participants with the skills
necessary to contribute to Wikipedia.
A total of 23 IBT coordinators from 18 schools(of 9 districts) participated in the workshop.
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