Lovech - Bulgaria

Digital Village

Basic computer training for people in very remote places

In the village of Bohot, 20 kilometres from Pleven in North-West Bulgaria, we organized a 40 hours computer training for villagers who had just recently finalized their second-chance basic education course and were still unemployed. Basic ICT knowledge and skills would be useful – if not necessary – for searching and obtaining employment. The long-term goal was to prepare learners to be able to search for job offers online and eventually use the acquired skills and knowledge in a working setting. The course was provided in cooperation with the local primary school and followed official VET standards in Bulgaria so that it could result in recognized certification.

School in Bohot village where the course was offered. Foto: Ch. Geiselmann

Scene from the documentary video about this experimental course. The video is available here on this same website.

Poster created by the Bulgarian team to present the concept of the this new course at the MobileBE team meeting in Västeras (Sweden) in August 2018. Foto: Christian Geiselmann

A full report on this experimental course is published in our book "New Ideas to Promote Literacy".