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<div>I have never heard of any government mandating a "computer literacy standard" leave alone unilaterally without any consultations with stakeholders. In fact a "computer literacy standard" exists nowhere because there is no accepted definition for "computer literacy". Maybe the Government is heading back to the comfortable days of "command and control" in ICT Policy where pronouncements are simply made from ivory towers by people who know eveything and need to consult no-one. Let's hope I am wrong.</div>
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<div>On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:40 -0800, "wesley kirinya" <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com> wrote:</div>
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