A full roll-out of laptops under Phase One of the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative should be seen by August with eligible persons having up to July 29 to apply for an instrument.
The period is around the time just before national elections are expected to be held. In glossy brochures placed in the Sunday Chronicle yesterday, the OLPF Project Unit said that completed application forms must be submitted only to the accredited ICT Hubs or the offices of the OLPF Community Liaison Officers in each region and at OLPF community outreach events which will start soon. All applicants will be given a receipt with a unique reference number upon submission of the completed form. The application process will close on July 29.
Under the OLPF, the government plans to distribute computers to 90,000 poor families in Guyana in two years. Phase one, which is being