Good to hear this.Congratulations..<br><br>Cheers<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 May 2012 06:47, Sridhar Dhanapalan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sridhar@laptop.org.au" target="_blank">sridhar@laptop.org.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">From the Schooling section of the annual budget:<br>
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"The Australian Government is providing over $11 million to support<br>
the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Program which will deliver over 50,000<br>
custom built laptops to primary students in regional and remote<br>
Australia as part of a 12 month pilot program. The OLPC Australia<br>
Organisation (OLPC Australia) aims to support the learning<br>
opportunities of indigenous children, particularly those in remote<br>
Australia, by providing primary school aged children with a connected<br>
XO laptop as part of a sustainable training and support program.<br>
Participating schools will also receive information and communications<br>
technology (ICT) coordinator professional development, local repair<br>
kits, and access to helpdesk and online support."<br>
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<a href="http://blog.laptop.org/2012/05/08/australian-brilliance-government-12m-pilot/" target="_blank">http://blog.laptop.org/2012/05/08/australian-brilliance-government-12m-pilot/</a><br>
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Sridhar Dhanapalan<br>
Engineering Manager<br>
One Laptop per Child Australia<br>
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