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Uruguay Being First Buyer of XO Project
Published March 5, 2012 | 
Tellmaine.org – Government of Uruguay became the first subscribers to the Microsoft project XO is more known as the OLPC (One Laptop per Child).
For this time, the state in parts of South America has bought 100,000 pieces of laptops for school, for small children aged 12 years. In the coming year, the government expects to provide 300,000 laptops to every child in Uruguay.
XO Laptop has been known as a laptop procurement project for underprivileged children, especially in developing countries. Therefore, in the manufacture of these laptops are designed as durable as possible, anti-water, can be operated using solar energy, and including the display is not affected by sunlight so it can be used inside or outside the room.
Cost of production of the XO laptop is scheduled no more than 100 U.S. dollars per piece. But at the end of last year’s production costs are soaring laptop apiece to reach U.S. $ 188 range. The government then offered this laptop to 250,000 units. Since the change, the government will then consider the possibility of permanent or distribute these laptops will sell it cheap.
Buy 1 Get 1 free program, (G1G1 = Give 1 Get 1) will be applied to developing countries such as Cambodia, Afghanistan, Rwanda and Haiti. In addition, the government Italy will sponsor 50 000 laptop for children in Ethiopia. Although demonstration project have been agreed, but until now there has been no official confirmation of any of the countries which have signed this project.
According to the last news, orders for 100,000 laptops were replaced by the Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay (Latu) which runs education projects and communication in large-scale project called Ceibal. Before receiving this order, Latu had also evaluated the rival of the XO laptop is, the Intel Classmate laptop. 300,000 units planned for the XO laptops will be distributed to children in 19 developing countries around the world.
The Role of Education in Nation Development
Published December 10, 2011 |
Education has the task of developing human resources in the ION completed. Cultural development is always in tune with changing times. Development times often generate new questions they never thought possible before run. This chapter describes the main issues of education and networking among the trees to resign, the factors influencing the development and current problems and how the treatment.
What happens when a country’s development is not in the development of education support? Although the physical development is good, but why every nation moral collapse. If so, the economy will be problematic, because everyone has to be corruption. Until finally one day he will have come to this country and destroying the nation. Therefore, prevention, education is a priority in the development of this country.
Socio-Economic Determinants of Child Labor in Northern Sudan
Published September 20, 2011 |
This paper attempts to determine the level and nature of child labor in Sudan. In addition, the major socio-economic and demographic phenomenon of child labor to identify and investigate an important action and strategy in relation to child labor in the north of Sudan.
Results and conclusions:
- Are according to the study of labor migration and 10.1% of children aged 6-14 years through northern Sudan to work
- Child labor is not a phenomenon in urban areas is only 2.6% and differs from the situation in developing countries, where child labor is concentrated in urban areas in Egypt as an example
- No difference between the sexes, men and women working in the traditional sector
- as in the calculation of the East, of Kordofan and Darfur states for most agricultural land in Sudan, the document states that a large proportion of child labor is concentrated in the
- Poverty is the main cause of child labor and the restriction of tradition (the bulk of the work are unpaid family workers)
- According to this study represent a large part of the problem of child labor and many of them work, since abandoned, either because they have no place in schools
- The core business of child labor (87.8%) is agriculture. About 90% of children work in the private sector
Based on the above findings deserve the political implications are thought to make further efforts to reduce poverty. It also increases the chances of the family to improve their income. The second important variable for the employment of children is the head of the household work in agriculture. The schools must adapt to the situation of children can be adapted to school calendar year for seasonal agricultural calendar. Moreover, the courts must be regarded as relevant by the parents and children that connect to the lesson of community life. Basic education should be free and compulsory.