“’As one of the poorest countries in the world, deployment in Haiti has always been an important goal for OLPC,’ said Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of One Laptop per Child…

The pilot project will assess how a child-centered learning technology can be used to bridge problems such as the shortage of qualified teachers and educating children of different grades in the same classroom. Another major priority for the Haitian government is speeding up the learning process for students who enter school late or repeat grades.

Under the project, content including textbooks, movies, audio files and electronic documents, will be translated into Creole and applications will be developed for subjects such as reading and writing, numerical literacy and problem solving, environmental studies and social skills.”

(Extract from a ReliefWeb press release, February 14, 2008)

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