Regarding intermediaries, and the use of written English amongst Yoruba
speaking people, Pat Hall asked me to explain more about the situation
in Oke-Ogun:
Pam, is there something else going on here - perhaps the language
policies of Nigeria have led to the education system favouring English?
Pat Hall's questions for Pam McLean open up a whole range of issues
regarding the intersection of sociolinguistics, and language and
education policies with ICT policy that are pertinent to the discussion
but probably need to be explored in depth elsewhere. I'll let Pam reply
on the particular
After lurking on the list for more than a week, allow me to introduce
myself. I am director for the Uconnect Schools Project. Our NGO is
providing computers to mostly rural primary and secondary schools in
Uganda. Schools pay something less than $200 for each computer, which is
enough for us to
