Zelaya: "Where are the 30 thousand computers purchased for schools by my government"

Monday, 07 Diciembre 2009 21:01

 Zelaya Calls de facto regime:

Tegucigalpa. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, claimed today the de facto regime " 30 thousand computers were bought by the government for 600 million Lempiras, and were intended for a program to introduce the public schools into the digital age.

Zelaya told Radio Globo that computers were part of a project to incorporate technology tools in schools in rural and urban areas, the public education system in Honduras.

It was planned connectivity, computers have Internet access, educational programs were installed and would be launched at special classes who were being upgraded for this purpose, in deference to public schools had already been identified as project beneficiaries, said Zelaya .

About the size of the development is "the largest known effort in Latin America, only developed countries have adopted similar programs," the President said.

Zelaya, also called on parents and teachers to require the de facto regime, explanations on the complaint.

According to studies by international agencies in the emerging knowledge society education is increasingly a directive force of economic and social

and meet the training needs of new citizens and the incorporation of new Information Technology and Communication (ICT) in teaching and learning, to foster the development of knowledge and skills needed in the social and professional integration quality.