Laptop scheme clicks into gear for 100 families

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President Bharrat Jagdeo presenting a laptop to students from the Abrams Zuil Secondary School, at the launch of the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative. (Photo by Jules Gibson)
President Bharrat Jagdeo presenting a laptop to students from the Abrams Zuil Secondary School, at the launch of the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative. (Photo by Jules Gibson)

The much-vaunted One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative was yesterday officially launched by President Bharrat Jagdeo at the International Conference Centre, with about 100 families being the first beneficiaries under the programme.

The initiative was first announced in July of 2010, when Jagdeo said that the government would