[Fsf-friends] Linux in Kerala Schools and MGP

[Baishampayan Ghose]

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Hello,
A good friend of mine sent me the following piece of information. I am
quoting him verbatim here ---

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About the storm in the tea cup about Kerala schools going 100%
GNU/Linux, I am cynical about the story.

1. The decision was made by the previous government, several months
   back and there is absolutely no reason to make such a hue and cry
   about this right now; unless you want to attract some attention of
   the wrong kind.

2. The decision, AFAIK, applies to High Schools only. +2 schools have
   to teach Tally, (in the commerce stream) so will stick to the
   proprietary OS and/or dual boot.

3. Within the government, a massive software deployment is going on,
   under the name ``Modernisation of Government Programme'', or
   MGP. This is entirely M$ based, and govt. servants are provided a 7
   working day training on using such exotic programmes like MS Word,
   MS Excel, etc. The training includes how to type Malayalam.

How will the community counter this MGP thing?

The training is being provided by Institute of management in
Government, Kerala. Have a look at their web page - made in good
quality M$ FrontPage. (http://www.imgkerala.org/)
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Regards,
BG

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Baishampayan Ghose <b.ghose at gnu.org.in>
Free Software Foundation of India
http://www.gnu.org.in/

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