(Prensa.com) A total of 93 000 500 laptopsdistributed by the Ministry of Education (Meduca) during the first school term of the academic year 2012. The beneficiaries will be students at the national level the last three years of primary education in public schools.
The cost of the project, which will take place in several stages, ranging around $ 20 million and the aim is that young people can access the Internet, researching online or connect to Facebook, said Eduardo Briceño, Director of National Architecture of Authority Government Innovation.
At home or in class, students can use their ‘Balboa’, the name that the Government has given the machine made in China of $ 190. The aim is that all students have their own computer, but for now only in grades 10, 11 and 12 have their own.
Meanwhile, teachers are being trained to effectively maximize the range of possibilities offered by a computer within the classroom. “Nearly half of teachers are prepared,” said Briceño.
“We studied what other countries are doing: Portugal, England, Argentina. We have some good experiences going to the forefront of new technologies in education.
Briceno said he was confident that “will have a positive impact on the education of our children. As a society the most important thing is to invest in future generations. “