Citizen Dialogue

I saw that Rwanda officially launched of their laptop initiative last week. President Paul Kagame presided over the ceremony in conjunction with Education Minister Théoneste Mutsindashyaka. The event was attended by the Rwandan prime minister, the supreme court’s chief justice, the entire cabinet, and leaders from civil society and the NGO community. Five hundred students and their teachers from the first laptop schools also were on hand. President Kagame, Minister Mutsindashyaka, Nicholas and David Cavallo spoke to the gathering. Kagame committed his office to bringing laptops to every primary school child in the country.

One Laptop Per Child and all the other initiatives are doing a very good job, but they are only laying out the infrastructure. What we need now are to provide the content. The E-Learning Africa conference are on the right way, taking about content and how we can make this opportunity a reality.

Computers are not going to provide the change, it´s what we do with them.