| INDIA: free laptops for almost 7 million students |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| The five-year programme comes with a $2 billion price tag. Critics say software is too basic for the cost, better to invest in infrastructure and social services. Authorities in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have begun handing out the first of an estimated 6.8 million free laptops to schoolchildren. The US$2 billion programme is the first of its kind in India. It has been praised and criticised. Supporters say it will help disadvantaged children whose parents cannot afford a computer. Critics argue the scheme panders to the masses and wastes precious resources. |
| Source: Spero News (TX-USA) | Published: September 17th, 2011 |
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