The government of India has signed an agreement with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and will purchase 250,000 of the organization’s XO laptops. The machines will be distributed to students throughout the country. India’s decision to embrace OLPC is a bit unexpected in light of the country’s past antagonism towards the project.The MHRD later reversed its views about the health implications of youth computing and launched its own dubious program to build a competing $10 laptop. Unsurprisingly, the $10 laptop never materialized. When the country finally unveiled its highly ambiguous plans for its $10 “Sakshat” computing initiative earlier this year, it was revealed that the device would not be a laptop and would cost significantly more than $10 to produce.
India has finally decided to adopt OLPC after all, despite the government’s previous skepticism and plans for building its own technology. PC World, which spoke with OLPC India CEO Satish Jha, reports that the laptops will be sent to 1,500 schools. Jha hopes to ship 3 million laptops in India this year.
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