← home / Tools / Outdoor public-access computer kiosks (learning stations)⚙● toolOutdoor public-access computer kiosks (learning stations)Practices that use itHole-in-the-Wall / Minimally Invasive Education (HiWEL)Experiment started in 1999 by Sugata Mitra (NIIT) in Kalkaji, New Delhi: freely accessible computers embedded in walls so that children could learn on their own (Minimally Invasive Education). It was institutionalized in 2001 as HiWEL, a NIIT + IFC joint venture, which reported ~300 learning stations and 300,000 children. Independent evidence documented sustainability failures (Arora 2010): Almora died from vandalism, Hawalbagh went inactive in 2007. The official site hole-in-the-wall.com is down; NIIT Foundation claims to maintain 200+ stations, a self-reported figure without independent verification.● Paused· scale national
