27 August 2006
Indian State's Schools to Switch to Open Source
One of India's states will no longer be teaching children to use Windows, but rather will include Linux and open source software in their computer labs for 12500 high schools.
India will be transitioning in the same way that a province of Spain has successfully done recently. They were convinced by Richard Stallman, a free software guru, who visited the state last week. The idea in the state started in 2004 when they decided to focus on open source systems, but never really followed through, giving the schools the option of using Windows or Linux to teach students. Now they have actually implemented the plans fully with the with the 8th class being implemented this year and by 2008 the 10th class will have been implemented.
The full story can be found here.
India will be transitioning in the same way that a province of Spain has successfully done recently. They were convinced by Richard Stallman, a free software guru, who visited the state last week. The idea in the state started in 2004 when they decided to focus on open source systems, but never really followed through, giving the schools the option of using Windows or Linux to teach students. Now they have actually implemented the plans fully with the with the 8th class being implemented this year and by 2008 the 10th class will have been implemented.
The full story can be found here.
Labels: education, linux, os, windows
