<div dir="ltr">I am also beginning to see this as being wasteful. Why not build a lab with N-Computing like equipment where you have a powerful pc with many terminals that can be used by many more kids? <div><br></div><div>
Also are there dumb tablet terminals i.e tablets that can be used to access the said PC without them requiring to have hefty processors to be useful?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Odhiambo Washington <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The more they should just build LAB with terminal and let all children<br>
use the computers. It doesn't make sense to limit them to class 1.<br>
<br>
"Each device would cost Sh15,000 meaning the government could spend at<br>
least Sh15 billion in the first phase". From other news I've seen<br>
before, the govt (or their mouthpieces) did say these devices would<br>
cost KES 8,500 or thereabouts.<br>
<br>
>From <a href="https://twitter.com/OleItumbi/status/346704000147664896" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/OleItumbi/status/346704000147664896</a>, I can<br>
see there is a plan to build Labs, and it was in the budget.<br>
<br>
However, my question is still on the laptop. What is the _actual_ cost<br>
for a single unit?<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 12 August 2013 13:21, Grace Githaiga <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The government now says schoolchildren would not be allowed to walk home<br>
> with laptops once they start using them from next year.<br>
><br>
> Ministry of Education officials Monday told a stakeholders’ forum in Nairobi<br>
> that lessons from other countries indicate there would be many cases of lost<br>
> gadgets if school children are allowed to go home with them.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1944834/-/vlrgegz/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1944834/-/vlrgegz/-/index.html</a><br>
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