Best NGO Initiative of the year

Awards Criteria for the Best NGO in Education

The award is to open for all Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), Self Help Groups (SHGs) and community based groups who use Information, Communications and Technologies (ICTs) for providing and supporting in education, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and other educational programmes.

The evaluation criteria is based on quality of vision of the projects, services, past work and implementations of technologies for the empowerment of livelihoods. Besides, the soundness of technology being used, scalability and sustainability and finally impact made on the citizen’s life are criteria for evaluation.


Selection Process for the Best NGO in Education

• Range of livelihoods who benefit from the initiative


• Flexibility of the initiative to be adopted for application elsewhere


• Geographical area covered


• Success of the initiative/project


• Positive impacts of the initiative/project on the livelihood of people


• Innovative use of ICT


• Efficacy of the initiative/project in terms of capacity building


• Sustainability of the project/initiative