| Free Laptops Groom Rwandan Pupils Into Programmers |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Through a laptop he was given at school under the ‘One laptop per child programme’, Arnold Byishimo Muhumuza 11, is close to fulfilling his dream of becoming architect. Muhumuza uses the two programmes in his laptop to practice what he likes the most. “I use scratching and e-toys to make drawings. With them, I draw cars and other toys that can be posted on school walls. I can also draw a person’s sculpture,” the teenager told KT Press. Just like Muhumuza, a level five pupil at Ntwari primary school in the capital Kigali, children at some schools in Rwanda have developed skills through the ‘One-Laptop-Per child programme. For children to access IT applications in schools, 244,793 laptops have been distributed in 722 schools nationwide, says Eric Kimenyi, coordinator of One Laptop per child programme. |
| Source: KTPress (Rwanda) | Published: October 16th, 2015 |
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