a écrit le 16 janvier 2007 à 22h38 A propos du projet One Laptop Per Child (OLPC - laptop.org), voici que le Rwanda s'y met alors qu'au Cameroun, ce sont les memes tergiversations.
Au moins, avec le OLPC, ce sera entre choses une tele pour tout enfant de voir les lions a l'oeuvre.
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MINISTER IN PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
IN CHARGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Kigali, 3 January 2007
Rwanda commits to “one laptop per child†initiative
In recognition of children being Rwanda’s most precious natural resource, the government of Rwanda has committed to provide one laptop per child to all primary school children within five years.
This commitment was confirmed as H.E. President Paul Kagame met with Prof. Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairperson of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) at Urugwiro Village on Tuesday.
OLPC will provide test laptops plus support to fully test the concept at no cost in Rwanda, as well as coordinate knowledge exchange with other participating nations.
This initiative will strengthen the quality of already existing free and compulsory primary education, by adopting new tools for learning and engaging children more directly, both inside and outside school.
Furthermore, by moving to electronic format, a much wider body of knowledge will be made available to children than was previously possible or economically feasible with printed text books.
As part of its stated vision of transforming Rwanda into a knowledge-based economy by the year 2020, the government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Education, and the Minister of Science and Technology and Research in the President’s Office will collaborate with the One Laptop Per Child non-profit Association to realize the project.
Au moins, avec le OLPC, ce sera entre choses une tele pour tout enfant de voir les lions a l'oeuvre.
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MINISTER IN PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
IN CHARGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Kigali, 3 January 2007
Rwanda commits to “one laptop per child†initiative
In recognition of children being Rwanda’s most precious natural resource, the government of Rwanda has committed to provide one laptop per child to all primary school children within five years.
This commitment was confirmed as H.E. President Paul Kagame met with Prof. Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairperson of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) at Urugwiro Village on Tuesday.
OLPC will provide test laptops plus support to fully test the concept at no cost in Rwanda, as well as coordinate knowledge exchange with other participating nations.
This initiative will strengthen the quality of already existing free and compulsory primary education, by adopting new tools for learning and engaging children more directly, both inside and outside school.
Furthermore, by moving to electronic format, a much wider body of knowledge will be made available to children than was previously possible or economically feasible with printed text books.
As part of its stated vision of transforming Rwanda into a knowledge-based economy by the year 2020, the government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Education, and the Minister of Science and Technology and Research in the President’s Office will collaborate with the One Laptop Per Child non-profit Association to realize the project.
