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[Heng]

Sri Lanka to introduce one laptop per child

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080210/FinancialTimes/ft310.html

"Two-million primary school children are to be provided with US$ 100-worth laptops under a farsighted initiative.

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Director OLPC Europe, Middle East and Asia Matt Keller, in an interview with The Sunday Times FT, said the World Bank has stepped into fund a pilot project to introduce laptops as an educational tool in nine provinces in the island."

Any other information on this? I couldn't find anything on the OLPC wiki.

Edit: I just had a look at the front page. I guess this post is quite redundant.

[israelrt]

Around 15% of the XO laptops are dead either on arrival or within 2 weeks.
How do the Sri Lankans plan to cope with 300,000 dead laptops, representing $60 million dollars ?

What a wretched waste of money and resources !

[delphi]

Around 15% of the XO laptops are dead either on arrival or within 2 weeks.

Sources, please...