OLPC Nepal aims at providing one Laptop to every Nepali Child

One Laptop Per Child Nepal (OLPC Nepal), a group of Nepali engineers, educators, and social entrepreneurs have urged all to assist in its aim of providing one Laptop computer to every child.

A press statement issued by the OLPC Nepal said the core of this initiative is an inexpensive, durable, and highly power-efficient laptop as a learning tool to children. “This will allow children, teachers and parents to engage in hands-on learning activities previously only available to students in the richest of countries,” it said.

However, the statement further said, accomplishing this goal requires cooperation and collaboration of the government, international community, teachers, students, and grassroots organisations.

The statement further said that OLPC Nepal works in close collaboration with global OLPC movement that was started in 2005 by a group of faculty members from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.

The statement further said that this laptop was specifically designed with an open-source license meaning that OLPC's software and hardware can be freely copied, adding, “This ensures developing nations will not be restricted to purchasing these laptops from any single vendor or subject to pay the cost of software.” nepalnews.com pb Jan 10 07