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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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  Location of PNG

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  Location of Gaire

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  Location of Drekikir

Contacts

• Dr Joseph Pagelio, Secretary, Department of Education, PO Box 446, Waigani NCD Phone: 301 3447 Fax: 323 1031
• Brian Monie, senior Policy Officer, Ministry of Education
• David Leeming
• Ian Thomson

Content and Localisation

Localisation projects have been opened on the OLPC Pootle server for Tok Pisin language (PNG Pidgin)

• Wikipedia Tok Pisin link

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 took place between 16th - 20th June 2008. More information will be posted here soon.

Dreikikir is located at 3.57516S, 142.76946E at altitude 380m.

Some pictures of the Drekikir region can be seen here: [1]

Useful links

• Wikipedia Papua New Guinea link

Photo Gallery

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Image:PNG-Gaire-1.jpg|Gaire: Each child receives an XO Image:PNG-Gaire-2.jpg|Gaire: Opening the laptops Image:PNG-Gaire-3.jpg|Discovery.....(Gaire) Image:PNG-Gaire-4.jpg|Gaire: Within the first hour, there is much activity... Image:PNG-Gaire-5.jpg|Gaire: Memorise activity Image:PNG-Gaire-6.jpg|Gaire: Teachers training Image:PNG-Gaire-7.jpg|Teachers of Gaire Primary School Image:PNG-Drek.jpg|Dreikikir Admin Primary School Image:PNG-Drek-0.jpg|Two Guardians of Dreikikir Admin Primary School Image:PNG-Drek-1.jpg|Dreikikir: Two girls absorbed by the XO Image:PNG-Drek-2.jpg|Dreikikir: Training in groups outside Image:PNG-Drek-3.jpg|Dreikikir: Boys using Paint, Speak and Record during training Image:PNG-Drek-4.jpg|Dreikikir: Training in the classroom Image:PNG-Drek-5.jpg|Dreikikir: Teacher Training Image:PNG-Drek-6.jpg|Dreikikir: Teacher Training Image:PNG-Drek-7.jpg|Dreikikir: Minister arriving for the official launching Image:PNG-Drek-8.jpg|Dreikikir: Education Minister and MP for Dreikikir, Hon Tony Amos arriving for the official launching Image:PNG-Drek-9.jpg|Dreikikir: Brian Monie, Senior Development Officer, Ministry of Education speaking at the hand-over ceremony Image:PNG-Drek-10.jpg|Dreikikir: Joseph Ouyoumb, Provincial Education Advisor, East Sepik Image:PNG-Drek-11.jpg|Dreikikir: Chris Sangisi, Standard Officer, Dreikikir District Image:PNG-Drek-12.jpg|Dreikikir: People from the Dreikikir community at the hand-over ceremony Image:PNG-Drek-13.jpg|Dreikikir: Handing over laptops to Grade 3 students Image:PNG-Drek-14.jpg|Dreikikir: Handing over laptops to Grade 3 students Image:PNG-Drek-15.jpg|Dreikikir: Got laptops! Image:PNG-Drek-16.jpg|Dreikikir: Dancing at the official opening Image:PNG-Drek-17.jpg|Dreikikir: Dancing at the hand over ceremony Image:PNG-Drek-18.jpg|Dreikikir: Puppet dancing show at the hand over ceremony Image:PNG-Drek-19.jpg|Dreikikir: Welcome to the hand over ceremony

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