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Trials in PNG
Deployments in PNG will commence in June 2008 at the following sites:
- Gaire, Central Province
- Dreikikir, East Sepik Province
- Buka, Bougainville Province
- St Peters, a large primary school in Port Moresby
Click any picture to enlarge:
Location of PNG
Location of Gaire
Location of Drekikir
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
- Michael Hutak, Director, OLPC Oceania, +61 412 001 052
Content and Localisation
Localization projects have been opened on the OLPC Pootle server for Tok Pisin language (PNG Pidgin)
News
One laptop per child concept accepted by PNG
The Prime Minister of Papua Niugini has accepted the One Laptop per Child project for the children of his children. This was announced on Radio Pacific News on Tuesday morning and according to his statement, the OLPC project will be rolled out over several years at a cost of several million dollars. He also noted that Niue is already taking part in the OLPC (one laptop per child) project for all 500 of their school children.
Youtube Video
Youtube of Dreikikir deployment
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!
Dreikikir
Dreikikir 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.
Dreikikir is located at 3.57516S, 142.76946E at altitude 380m.
Report for the Dreikikir trial deployment
This trial was started between 16th - 20th June 2008.
View the report by clicking here
Web resources for Dreikikir
Official website of the Ambunti-Dreikikir Electorate, Hon. Tony Aimo MP: [1]
Some pictures of the Drekikir region can be seen here: [2]
Other Resources for Dreikikir
Download Dreikikir data Spreadsheet of teachers and students names and positions with serial numbers of laptops. (ods format for Open Office)
Two videos were made of the deployment (300MB each). Contact Ian or David.
Useful links for PNG
Photo Gallery for PNG trials
Click any picture to enlarge:
Gaire: Each child receives an XO
Gaire: Opening the laptops
Discovery.....(Gaire)
Gaire: Within the first hour, there is much activity...
Gaire: Memorise activity
Gaire: Teachers training
Teachers of Gaire Primary School
Dreikikir Admin Primary School
Two Guardians of Dreikikir Admin Primary School
Dreikikir: Two girls absorbed by the XO
Dreikikir: Training in groups outside
Dreikikir: Boys using Paint, Speak and Record during training
Dreikikir: Training in the classroom
Dreikikir: Teacher Training
Dreikikir: Teacher Training
Dreikikir: Minister arriving for the official launching
Dreikikir: Education Minister and MP for Ambunti-Dreikikir, Hon. Tony Aimo arriving for the official launching
Dreikikir: Brian Gaius Monie, Senior Policy Development Officer, Dept of Education speaking at the hand-over ceremony
Dreikikir: Joseph Ouyoumb, Provincial Education Advisor, East Sepik
Dreikikir: Chris Sangisi, Standard Officer, Dreikikir District
Dreikikir: People from the Dreikikir community at the hand-over ceremony
Dreikikir: Handing over laptops to Grade 3 students
Dreikikir: Handing over laptops to Grade 3 students
Dreikikir: Got laptops!
Dreikikir: Dancing at the official opening
Dreikikir: Dancing at the hand over ceremony
Dreikikir: Puppet dancing show at the hand over ceremony
Dreikikir: Welcome to the hand over ceremony
