Re: [seul-edu] Free S/w in India

[David Bucknell <david@members.iteachnet.org>]

Dear Mr. Mahesh T. Pai,

I would like permission to repost your group's letter to
opensourceschools.org. Please let me know if that would be all right
and any conditions.

Thank you,

David Bucknell
opensourceschools.org

Quoting "Mahesh T. Pai" <paivakil@netscape.net>:

> Hi !!! all,
>
> Kerala is a small state at the Southern  tip of India, and Kochi
is the
> commercial and judicial capital of that state.  The Government of
the
> State has an ambitious program to bring IT education to the
schools in
> Kerala, called IT@SCHOOL.  The home page is
> http://www.keralaeducation.org.  Our system is such that syllabus,
and
> text books for all the 2600 schools in the State is controlled by
the
> State Government.  (a few schools come under the control of two
agencies
> under the Central government).
>
> The syllabus prescribed by the government is highly centered on
software
> from a particular brand.
>
> The Kochi Free software uers' group has decided to take up the
matter,
> and the first step is to move the government against the approach
> adopted by it.  We have sent a memorandum to the concerned
departments
> within the government.  A text of the memorandum is available at
:-
> http://www.symonds.net/~fsug-kochi/mass-memo.html
>
> Regards,
> Mahesh T Pai.
>
>
>
>
>


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