BBC News | SCI/TECH | Delhi children make play of the net In the slums of Delhi, an experiment has shown how illiterate street children can quickly teach themselves the rudiments of computers and the internet.
The aim of the experiment, funded by the Indian Government, local institutions and the World Bank was to see what role computers might play in educating India's illiterate millions.
The results were startling, showing how much children with little or no English and no computer training at all could achieve.