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

This paper is a response to a 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. The commentary 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.

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Gurumurthy Kasinathan, Aparna Kalley, Chinmayi Arakali, Krupa Thimmaiah and Madhavi Jha	Responding to the learning and developmental needs of out-of-school adolescents