Akshaya' project to bridge digital divide The Hindu, Nov 17, 2002 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/11/17/stories/2002111704810400.htm
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM NOV. 16. The 'Akshaya' project, to be inaugurated by the President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, on Monday, envisages the establishment of 9,000 community information centres across the State as part of a campaign to bridge the digital divide. These centres are to be established through private initiative, with the objective of having one centre within two km of each household. The project would commence in Malappuram and Thiruvananthapuram in January 2003 and the entire State is proposed to be covered by May 2004. As part of the project, one person from each family will be trained to enable him to use the computer for day-to-day communication and information needs. The training, which would be on Windows platform, would cover basic word processing skills (using wordpad), use of spreadsheet (Excel) and accessing of Email and Internet...... =========================================================== Ashish Kotamkar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mithi Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (www.mithi.com) Communicate in your own language. Log onto www.mailjol.com. =========================================================== ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
