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EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
April 6 2012
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Deploys One Laptop Per Child
XO Laptops Are Key to New Educational Strategy to Forge a Better Future
April 06, 2012 09:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
IAMI--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a
nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide every child in the
world access to new channels of learning, sharing and self-expression,
announced today that the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has launched
the deployment stage of its New Educational Strategy (NUR) with the
distribution of 3,300 XO laptop computers to children and teachers in
16 schools in Stepanakert, Shushi and Karin Tak.
rime Minister Ara Harutunyan, Minister of Education and Science Vladik
Khachatryan, NUR Project Manager Sebastian Arias Duval, and Ashot
Ghazaryan, chairman of the Armenian representation council of AGBU,
presided over a launch event at the Ashot Ghulyan (Bekor) general
education school in Stepanakert.
Welcoming the project organizer and benefactors, Vladik Khachatryan
said, "This program will improve the quality of education of
elementary school students in the NKR, and what is more important,
will make more information available to them and their families.
Today, unfortunately, not all districts of NKR have Internet access.
The process has started and I am sure that within a short period of
time we will be able to establish equal educational opportunities in
all NKR.'
NUR Project Manager Sebastian Arias Duval said that the program's
objective is to provide a better level of education to future
generations in NKR. "With this powerful tool the students will have
the opportunity to forge a better future for themselves and their
country. The happiness expressed by these children's faces confirms
what Eduardo Eurnekian, the driving force behind NUR, has noted many
times. The world community sees Nagorno-Karabakh within the context of
war and regional conflict. People fail to take note of the children
who are born and live there. These children are entitled to the
universal right of education and access to information.'
`Education is a key factor to breaking the vicious cycle of ethnic
hatred and violence for children who live in conflict zones.' said
Rodrigo Arboleda, Chairman and CEO of the One Laptop per Child
Association. `We applaud the government of Nagorno-Karabakh and its
private sector partners for their commitment to improving the quality
of children's education and for investing in a brighter future for
society as a whole.'
This is the end of Phase I of the project. Upon conclusion of Phase
II, all cities and students in grades 1-4 of NKR will be included in
the program.
Currently, all schools where the NUR program is to be implemented have
been provided with a Wi Fi network with Internet access.
About One Laptop per Child
One Laptop per Child (OLPC at http://www.laptop.org) is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to provide every child in the world
access to new channels of learning, sharing and self-expression. In
partnership with the public and private sectors and non-governmental
organizations and supported by comprehensive implementation and
pedagogical services, OLPC seeks to provide each child with a rugged,
low-cost, low-power connected laptop that empowers individual learning
and growth.
Contacts
One Laptop per Child
Giulia D'Amico, 305-877-5504
[email protected]
or
Jackie Lustig, 978-460-2236
[email protected]
http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120406005033/en
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
April 6 2012
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Deploys One Laptop Per Child
XO Laptops Are Key to New Educational Strategy to Forge a Better Future
April 06, 2012 09:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
IAMI--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a
nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide every child in the
world access to new channels of learning, sharing and self-expression,
announced today that the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has launched
the deployment stage of its New Educational Strategy (NUR) with the
distribution of 3,300 XO laptop computers to children and teachers in
16 schools in Stepanakert, Shushi and Karin Tak.
rime Minister Ara Harutunyan, Minister of Education and Science Vladik
Khachatryan, NUR Project Manager Sebastian Arias Duval, and Ashot
Ghazaryan, chairman of the Armenian representation council of AGBU,
presided over a launch event at the Ashot Ghulyan (Bekor) general
education school in Stepanakert.
Welcoming the project organizer and benefactors, Vladik Khachatryan
said, "This program will improve the quality of education of
elementary school students in the NKR, and what is more important,
will make more information available to them and their families.
Today, unfortunately, not all districts of NKR have Internet access.
The process has started and I am sure that within a short period of
time we will be able to establish equal educational opportunities in
all NKR.'
NUR Project Manager Sebastian Arias Duval said that the program's
objective is to provide a better level of education to future
generations in NKR. "With this powerful tool the students will have
the opportunity to forge a better future for themselves and their
country. The happiness expressed by these children's faces confirms
what Eduardo Eurnekian, the driving force behind NUR, has noted many
times. The world community sees Nagorno-Karabakh within the context of
war and regional conflict. People fail to take note of the children
who are born and live there. These children are entitled to the
universal right of education and access to information.'
`Education is a key factor to breaking the vicious cycle of ethnic
hatred and violence for children who live in conflict zones.' said
Rodrigo Arboleda, Chairman and CEO of the One Laptop per Child
Association. `We applaud the government of Nagorno-Karabakh and its
private sector partners for their commitment to improving the quality
of children's education and for investing in a brighter future for
society as a whole.'
This is the end of Phase I of the project. Upon conclusion of Phase
II, all cities and students in grades 1-4 of NKR will be included in
the program.
Currently, all schools where the NUR program is to be implemented have
been provided with a Wi Fi network with Internet access.
About One Laptop per Child
One Laptop per Child (OLPC at http://www.laptop.org) is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to provide every child in the world
access to new channels of learning, sharing and self-expression. In
partnership with the public and private sectors and non-governmental
organizations and supported by comprehensive implementation and
pedagogical services, OLPC seeks to provide each child with a rugged,
low-cost, low-power connected laptop that empowers individual learning
and growth.
Contacts
One Laptop per Child
Giulia D'Amico, 305-877-5504
[email protected]
or
Jackie Lustig, 978-460-2236
[email protected]
http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120406005033/en
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress