On 1/8/07, Junn Flores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does our government even care about signing up with this? Or has it? Or is it just too expensive for us? But then again, I think the payment could even be done in a span of years. Rwanda (Africa) even signed up recently.
Shocking isn't it? Pardon the term, but for a country more known for ethnic genocide outside Africa, Rwanda seems to have a more concrete information plan for its younger population.
Filipino education is going down to shameful levels as obviously the government no longer gives it the needed support. And in exchange for what? Maybe this is one thing the government should consider for our children, our future.
The DepEd, in association with the Science Education Institude of DoST and ASTI released CD-ROM based educational modules in Science and Math just late last year. How this will be distributed to the primary levels, I am not sure. I think they are encouraging the private sector to provide the hardware and they can provide the software. I actually have a copy of the CDs and they are made with Flash and have some simple instructions to run for Windows and Linux.
Pardon me if I'm just seeing hopelessness with this government. Sentiments. Maybe someone could enlighten me.
For all its worth, the DepEd knows how terrible the student to PC ratio in the primary level and seeks to remedy this and have it as its primary objective. How this fares well to budget hearings, I have no idea yet.
BTW, the project seems to be promising more than what it initially projected. The components are getting to more streamlined, more efficient end products. Better software? The leanest they can get.
Yep, as most people who have seen Sugar running, they could only describe it as its own, and does not feel like Windows, OSX or any free software desktop environment even. That's a good thing. We shouldn't teach students specific software, we should teach them how to be productive with technology and open up the possibilities. Jerome -- Jerome Gotangco [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 0x9E379FC6 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
