[OLPC India] More than technology, one has to take on the logic of the decision-making process, I guess! FN Goa: Kids to go to school with laptops soon

[Arjun Sarwal]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया]
> <fred at bytesforall.org> wrote:
>> More than technology, one has to take on the logic of the
>> decision-making process, I guess! FN
>>
>> Goa: Kids to go to school with laptops soon
>> 10 Sep: Times of India. Kids in Goa could soon be going to school with
>> laptops in hand with education minister Atanasio Monserrate announcing
>> that 12,000 students will soon be given the machines costing about Rs
>> 23,000 each. 168 words. Click here.
>>
>> http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa/Kids_to_go_to_school_with_laptops_soon/articleshow/3465072.cms
>>
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> From the article:
>
> "Education department sources said the government pays about Rs 23,000
> for a computer-printer set given under the cyberage scheme. With a tax
> rebate, laptops can be procured for the same amount, the sources
> said."
>
> At 23,000 per student, that should get you 2.5 XOs per Goan Child :-)
>


Maybe not as much as 2.5  if the cost of deploying servers, power
solutions etc. is budgeted for ...but the XOs would definitely score
over conventional laptops in serving the purpose of being deployed
because of being designed specifically for kids having a number of
features like collaboration, rugged laptop etc.et...

It would be interesting however to see (and learn from) other XO
deployments and how they were budgeted for. Anybody has any pointers
on that?


Arjun

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