Named the most computerized country
November 23, 2009 – 10:42 pm
Uruguay became the first and so far the only country where all pupils in public primary schools have Internet-connected computers. Since 2006, 380 thousand cars have been distributed free of charge to students and teachers in the country within the three-year program worth $94 million
This is a laptop OLPC XO, developed at MIT Institute (MIT) for the program One Laptop per Child. The cost of each computer, running under Linux, was $248 dollars, including fees for Internet access and maintenance.
planned to provide all schools in the country’s wireless connection to the end of the year. Also, consider the possibility of extending the program and high school students, reported iToday.ru.
