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Ethiopia: Low Expectations and Cheap Publication: The Case of One Laptop per Child

November 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The one and only time I attended a meeting chaired by the former Prime Minster of Ethiopia, Ato Meles Zenawi, was in August 2007, when Ethiopia was hosting the World Technology Information Forum in Addis Ababa. One of the speakers … read more »

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Without Teachers, Ethiopian Children Teach themselves How to use Laptop

October 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization has shown “encouraging” results. By David Talbot     Why It Matters Around a 100 million first-grade-aged children lack access to schools. A foundation is testing whether poor children who … read more »

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