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India Rejects One Laptop per Child Program

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the children-make-the-best-lab-rats dept.

ex-geek writes "Seems like Negroponte's One Laptop per Child program has been rejected by the Ministry of Human Resource Development of India. Among the objections are concerns about the effect of extensive laptop use on children's health. Better uses for the monies, which would be required to roll out the OLPC project, are also named. Most insightful however is the observation that not one industrial country has so far implemented a similar program for its children, which casts doubt as to what the pedagogical use for notebooks in class really is."

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  1. Re:Passing the buck by 10sball · · Score: 4, Funny

    north korea

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  2. Reduce the population first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    India has too many people already. I recommend a "One Child Per Laptop" program! :)

  3. Two words by twofidyKidd · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...which casts doubt as to what the pedagogical use for notebooks in class really is."

    Sex Ed.

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  4. Re:Passing the buck by Spazntwich · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think they're still working on their "one missile per child" campaign.

    Though before that gains any momentum they'll probably need to complete their "one functioning missile" campaign.