subject: Frbiz.com Reports Uruguay One Laptop Per Child [print this page] According to foreign media reports, Uruguay, as the world's first realization of "One Laptop per Child" countries, the country's primary school students and teachers in Taiwan can be Everyone has a laptop for free wireless Internet access.
"One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) concept was initially Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Initiative for international children, MIT Media Lab director Nicholas Negroponte, science and technology in 2002, the World Economic Forum was first proposed a 100 U.S. dollars laptop program, we hope to disadvantaged children in backward areas of manpower a computer, reduce the learning gap.
Uruguay is one of the countries involved in the program, in December 2006, President Vazquez is determined to promote "Education Connection" program, covering the country 362,000 children and 1.8 million teachers. 13th of this month, Vazquez, in a ceremony to the last batch of free notebooks to a primary school, the formal realization of the objectives of all primary school students have a laptop, of which seven children into a family where there was no laptop.
"Education Connection" is now spending cost about 260 U.S. dollars per child, cost includes hardware and software maintenance, training of teachers of computer courses and Internet access fees and so on.
The Government of Uruguay noted that the total expenditure is less than 5% of the education budget of Uruguay, the next annual hardware maintenance or software upgrades cost about 21 dollars per child. The free Linux operating system, the use of computers, although the criticism is not enough "mainstream", but the Government of Uruguay that, no matter which system to use, children can learn basic computer skills.
Seeing that program has been so successful, the Government of Uruguay said that next year will extend the scheme to schools and pre-school children. Intends to follow the example of Uruguay in other countries, including Rwanda, Haiti, El Salvador, Paraguay, Argentina and Colombia.
Taiwanese computer maker Quanta Computer in December 2005 to join OLPC plan, developed "XO" laptop for children in 2007, mass production, Uruguay, under the Shan 10 million units.
The plan unanimously praised by the people of Uruguay is seen as one of the major achievements Vazquez. Is expected to be held on the 25th of this month Uruguay's national elections, his party is expected to win the election.
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