The e-learning refers to classroom lessons from a remote end through use of modern technology. It comprises live lectures and pre-recorded video content through on-net video streaming as well as off-net data transfer arrangements.

Taaleem Foundation is unfolding a unique project for education, training and knowledge dissemination, providing opportunity to hundreds of people spread all over the country to get high quality education & training through state of the art multi media environment and tools. The project creates a need for general public to get on the bandwagon of Internet and digital age through education, training and interactivity. Through this proposition Live Video connectivity will be established using the IP publishing Nodes. These nodes would subsequently be extended to different training centers across Pakistan, connected via broadband. Student at each location will be able to not only watch the live training sessions, but will also be able to get connected live with Instructor and ask question. This activity of live two-way video will be visible to every one across nation, taking part in the class at that time. In such service trainee gets control of content and transmission, through interaction and features like Recording, – Rewind, – Re Runs, – Training Video on Demand and today the viewers want – on demand & on the go, which they could control and watch at their own time and will.

PBX Telecom – a Romanian technology house has offered to provide their product called PBX EDUCAST to support e-Learning platform for Taaleem Foundation Grammar School System. With this platform – the students in remote locations:

• o Would not miss any video lecture through PBX EDUCAST platform
• o Would be able to pause the live transmission when needed
• o Would be able to watch any of the previous lectures till last 7 days or more
• o Would be able to record the transmission on Personal Computers
• o Would be able to take snaps of the screen for making presentations or sending attachments
• o Would be able to watch these lectures from anywhere in the world.
• o Would be able to see all the educational videos and re-runs on their mobile phones or while traveling in their car in and out Pakistan
• o Would be able to watch the education or training programs on their TV sets with live and re-runs and recording in and out side Pakistan with out need of a cable operator (through set top box)

Besides imparting mainstream education, the facility can also be used e-clinic for school health services and extended Community Centre over the weekends.

The e-learning platform would provide technology-based teachers training to the teachers of both public and private sectors across the board. This would help improve understanding and comprehension of the teachers on lesson plans and classroom management, besides building the capacity of school managers on school management by way of using modern information and communication technologies.

Owing to acute power shortage in the remote areas of Balochistan, TF is investing in solar solutions to support and sustain the technology interventions. Indigenous solutions are being preferred to jump start the e-learning operations with the modest investment, which can subsequently be upgraded to meet the demand.