[SFD-discuss] FLOSS educational programmes (Steve Olive)

[Evans Ikua]

I run a consulting firm in Nairobi, Kenya and implement solutions on 
FLOSS. We are currently implementing training based on LPIC and 
OpenICDL. A friend in Uganda told me that getting to offer the OpenICDL 
can prove to be costly, with a requirement to buy the licences in bulk 
(,000's), which is a major impediment. I am still interested in this and 
anyone with an insight or experience on this can please share.
Evans Ikua


Gadhula Rumbidzayi wrote:
> I am totally in support of floss educational programmes and I believe that
> OO will be the ideal starting point as it is about basic computer literacy
> and not exceptionally technical aspects.
>  I also think it is very relevant particularly to schools in Zimbabwe. I
> used to teach at a school where the computers had been donated and came with
> all the software installed. The school had no connectivity to the internet
> and therefore we could not activate the M$ Office.
>
> If we had knowledge and access to the FLOSS alternative, our situation
> wouldn't have been desperate
>
> I have also managed to install Ubuntu on some few PCs that are used by
> students at my place of work. The students still use them for Internet
> access (Firefox) and they edit the documents they download using FLOSS
> alternative. This was not a planned implementation (like yours), it was a
> necessity due to hardware limitations and they have never complained.
>
> Generally students are eager to learn and gain skills without the skills
> being specific to a particular brand and FLOSS IS A GIFT to them. 
>
> Xolani I am totally in support of your project and can you keep the list
> posted on the developments? 
> I would like to see this take-off and if I can help just let me know and I
> will be happy to assist. I am sure this will be a success.
>
> When do you think this project will be ready for take-off?
>
>
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