Re: [school-discuss] One Laptop Per Child?

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Stephen Downes wrote:

> It is true that people in developing nations are most worried about
> where their next meal is coming from. Computers aren't high on the list.

But education is. Given that in most of the countries and especially
India the introduction of the mid-day meal scheme has ensured higher
attendence, don't you think projects like the OLPC deserve to be given a
chance ? All the worries might be true and then again they might be
hypotheses without data (without letting the rubber hit the road)

:Sankarshan


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