Summary: Is the One Laptop per Child scheme producing the results we expected?
Simply purchasing a device such as a laptop and handing it to a child is unlikely to turn them into the next Zuckerburg. However, it can teach them basic, valuable skills that will assist them when it is time to leave education and support themselves by joining the work force.
At least, this is the view from Peru, where the largest program involving One Laptop per Child, an American charity’s scheme currently operates. Active in more than 30 developing countries across the globe, the aim of the project is to provide children with access to a laptop for educational purposes.
However, according to an evaluation of the scheme’s success by the Inter-American Development Bank(IDB), the results may not be as promising as we may have hoped.
Peru is one of the few places that is currently enjoying an economic boom — but it has one of Latin America’s lowest-ranking educational systems, which no doubt hampers its economic capabilities in a global setting.
After spending $225 million to provide 850,000 laptops across the country, it was hoped that test scores in basic education, such as math and literacy, would improve.
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