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Peru’s president Alan García said this morning that the government would purchase three hundred thousand laptops for children during 2008-09, with the aim to open the way towards modern and digital education.

“Until now, we have acquired 140,000 computers, of which 40,000 have been delivered and 100,000 are still in the process of distribution; and for next year, there is a budget to purchase 150,000 more computers. We have the support and commitment of regional governments to bring thousands of computers to schools”, he stated.

“The delivery of laptops allow children to be incorporated in the future’s education, and I am sure this will represent an exceptional jump for children’s imagination and criterion’s capacity”, he said.

García reaffirmed that education is one of the mainstays of his administration, and that in addition to this program, there is one similar developed for teachers that goes together with electrification projects in the country, which, so far, have benefited 2,050 towns.

The Peruvian president offered these statements during the presentation of the achievements of the One Laptop per Child program, before national and foreign entrepreneurs.

News source: ANDINA