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Trials in PNG
Deployments in PNG will commence in June 2008 at the following sites:
- Gaire, Central Province
- Drekikir, East Sepik Province
- Buka, Bougainville Province
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Contacts
- Dr Joseph Pagelio, Secretary, Department of Education, PO Box 446, Waigani NCD Phone: 301 3447 Fax: 323 1031
- Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education (email: brian_monie AT educationpng.gov.pg or bgm0077 AT gmail.com)
- David Leeming
- Ian Thomson
Content and Localisation
Localization projects have been opened on the OLPC Pootle server for Tok Pisin language (PNG Pidgin)
Gaire
Gaire is located about 45 minutes drive from Port Moresby. It is the site of a rural community VSAT access point, set up under the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)'s Pacific Rural Internet Connectivity System (Pacific RICS) project.
Breaking news, June 13th 2008: pictures of Gaire Primary school, 53 laptops, both streams of the Grade 3 saturated (Grade 3 is the first grade in the PNG primary education system). Gaire Primary School is located at 9.6698S, 147.4086E (WGS84), sea level.
None of the children have any experience of computers before. Of the teachers, only the Principal and one or two others are computer literate.
See latest photos!
Drekikir
Drekikir Admin Primary School is located in East Sepik Province, near Wewak. This school is participating in the EU-funded Improvement of Rural Primary Education Facilities (IRPEF) project, based in Madang. The IRPEF is collaborating with the Department of Education and OLPC Oceania to implement the trial.
This trial was started between 16th - 20th June 2008. More information will be posted here soon.
Dreikikir is located at 3.57516S, 142.76946E at altitude 380m.
Web resources
Official website of the Ambunti-Dreikikir Electorate, Hon. Tony Aimo MP: [1]
Some pictures of the Drekikir region can be seen here: [2]
Useful links
Photo Gallery
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