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[Wayan Vota]

I have a question for the computer programmers - does learning Scratch and eToys really qualify as "teaching programming"?  I'm thinking that this article is reaching a bit with its claim, but I wanted your input before I made up my mind:

Rwanda: OLPC Trains Kids in Programming

Kigali — After a successful roll out, now One Laptop per Child (OLPC) officials have embarked on a computer programming training project across all primary schools covered by the project.

The training covers two game programming languages -Etoys, Scratch-and digital journalism. Speaking at the close of a five-day summer training camp at Kagugu Primary School yesterday, OLPC Programme Coordinator Richard Niyonkuru said the training was in line with the ministry's efforts to ensure computer-based skills are taught in schools.