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Literacy Promotion through Mobile Phones
Ichiro Miyazawa UNESCO Islamabad
15-17 November 2009
Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
The 13th UNESCO-APEID International Conference and
World Bank-KERIS High Level Seminar on ICT in Education
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Contents of this Presentation
1. Why mobile phone for Literacy in Pakistan? 2. How was the project implemented? 3. Results ?4. Costs? 5. Challenges 6. Lesson learnt 7. Sustainability and Expansion
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1. Why mobile phones for literacy in Pakistan
60 million illiterates (Population 160 million)
Wider gender gap (M 63% F 36%)
Low efficiency of traditional literacy approaches
Low retention of literacy
95 million mobile phone users
Communication is fun and habitual
Anytime and Anywhere, possible to learn
Short, easy, simple, and interesting messages
Mobile phone and SMS
Literacy in Pakistan
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2. How was the project implemented? Learners : 250 female youth and women (semi-literate) Place: 3 districts in Punjab Province Partners: Mobilink (Mobile Carrier) and Bunyad (NGO) Fund: UNESCO Bangkok (RDF)
1. Refresh basic literacy course (1st month)
2. Learning How to Use Mobile Phone and Starting to receive and send (2nd month)
3. Receiving and sending messages, reading them out and practice them on the working book (2nd month – 5th month)
4. Reporting to literacy centers and having Weekly/Monthly Examination (2nd month – 5th month)
What learners have done What learners have done What learners have done
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3. Results
Test Score C: 0-50 B: 51-69 A: 70-100
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3. Results
Test Score C: 0-50 B: 51-69 A: 70-100
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3. Results
Test Score C: 0-50 B: 51-69 A: 70-100
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4. Costs ( main items for a learner)
Mobile Phone $ 33
SIM card $ 3
600 messages* from NGO (4 months) $ 7.2
Practice sending messages (4 months) $ 4.8
Hiring a teacher (5 months per head) $ 7.2
Total $ 55.2
* Religious lessons, health, environment, sanitation, etc.
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5. Challenges
Cultural and traditional barriers
Limitation of messages in SMS (160 scripts)
Difficulty in typing Urdu
Security situations in Pakistan
Calls from unknown men
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6. Lesson learnt Habit of communication on written messages
Strong confidence of getting literate and being connected among them
Sharing learning with family members (sisters, mothers)
Security of youth and women
Collaboration among a private
company (Mobilink),
a NGO (Bunyad) and UN
worked well
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7. Sustainability and Expansion
Contribution of Learners ($ 6) to continue for the next 4 months
A donor provided the fund for expansion
Pilot Project
Future of this Innovative approach
Program by a mobile carrier, phone manufacturers, and a learner
UN/NGO/Donor/Govt. could support to set starndards, develop messages, and monitor learning.