[Fsf Education] Re: [Fsf-india] Free Software in education.

[Nagarjuna G.]

On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 09:33:24AM +0530, Arun M wrote:
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> > We need to have a discussion on the packages to be included. Initially
> > I was thinking of having some packages from Debian Jr, but since this
> > is targetted at Plus-2 students, I think we need forget about Debian
> > Jr, and prepare a list ourselves. May be it should include vi and
> > emacs, gcc/gdb/ddd/g++/gcj, perl, python, gtk+-dev, other dev
> > libraries, galeon etc. I will try to make a list and post it here.
> 
> It is not targeted at +2, but students from 8-10. C, C++ etc not required. 
> Basic is required. I think the aim of the project is demystification of 
> Computers, not creating programmers. Debian Jr may be a good addition. 
> Need to add only some good prorgams, so review by the members would be good. 

It is a better idea to not only to include but also suggest
Python for school curriculum.  

Nagarjuna