| Rwanda: Government to Revamp One Laptop Per Child Programme |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Regardless of its immense contribution to promoting the use of information and communication technology in education and improving critical thinking in young learners, the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) programme has for long been stained by issues of poor management, the Auditor-General\'s office says. Appearing before parliamentary Public Accounts Committee(PAC), yesterday, the Minister for Education, Prof. Silas Lwakabamba, said the ministry was proposing new suitable measures to close gaps in OLPC programme as well as ensuring that it serves a bigger role than it is doing now. Lwakabamba told the legislators that introducing the new \'two smart classrooms concept\' per school (currently under ministerial study) will present many benefits. |
| Source: All Africa (Washington, D.C.-USA) | Published: March 19th, 2015 |
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