Thursday, December 18, 2008

Russian schools have received 42 thousand netbukov.

As part of the charity program "The computer for school, started late last year in 2008 to 193 Russian schools were supplied 42 thousand netbukov Asus Eee PC, writes the newspaper Vedomosti.
Organizers of the "computer for school" are fund "liberal cause", established by Basic Element, companies Microsoft, Intel and Asus. Originally planned that, starting in 2008, a period of five years in the Russian school year will be supplied by 200 thousand netbukov Asus Eee PC.
Representatives of the "Free the case" emphasized that the cause of the failure of the supply plan has been increased complexity of the project. For example, put computers in schools was not enough. It took a further build infrastructure and train teachers working with netbukom. Only in 2008 were trained 1800 teachers.
Despite the difficulties encountered, the fund "liberal case" does not intend to abandon the program "The computer for school." In early 2009, ten thousand netbukov come to school Irkutsk region.
According to unofficial sources, in 2008 to implement a program of "computer for school" fund has spent 400 million rubles. One netbuk is approximately 200 dollars. Yet as much spent on his setup and configuration.
On the stock to "liberal cause" to place in the Russian school million netbukov became known in mid-October 2007. Then the only netbukom Asus Eee PC 701 was to semidyuymovym screen. Currently, Asus produces more than a dozen models netbukov.

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