Education, Ubuntu and LoCo teams

[Fouad Riaz Bajwa]

Hi Jono and Richard, 

I believe the upcoming Telecenter Project in Pakistan and the newly adopted
ICT education culture in both public and private schools within the country
offers an opportunity to step in and provide curriculum & non-curriculum ICT
education through FOSS? 

The same should apply to other South Asian and Asian Pacific regions that
should be a major target for the LoCoTeamEducation support programme and
Canonical's Education Programme. Pakistan should be in the list for the
programme and we are here to join you for taking up this initiative here, I
may be able to invite Intel Pakistan to partner and work with us.

Here are the ICT Indicators for Pakistan. These have been compiled by the
Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor (APC and BytesForAll Network):

Pakistan's Basic ICT Profile

Items 							Value

Population						158394000 *

GDP (US dollar) 2005				US $ 110.7 (2005) +

GDP Growth Rate					6.6 % (2005-06) +

Adult literacy rate (age 15 or above)	53 % +

Adult literacy rate Male			60 % +

Adult literacy rate female			40 % +

MDGs Target for Literacy till 2015		80% +

Human Development rank				135th ^

Human Development Index (HDI) value		0.527 ^

Telecom Sector share in GDP (%)		1.9 (2004-05) **

Foreign Direct Investment
in Telecom Sector					28.24 **

Total telephone subscribers (fixed)
as of July 2006					5,240,012 **

Total telephone subscribers (mobile) 
as of July 2006					39,184,447 **

Tele-density (total)				4.05 **

Tele-density mobile Phones			29.38% **

Tele-density Fixed Lines			25.22 **

Total Internet Service Providers		131 **

Total Internet users on dial up		2.40 million **

Total DSL subscribers				26,611 **

Length of Fibre Optic Link			5227 km **

Total FM Radio Licenses Issued		86 #

FM Radios (On-air)				51 #

Total Campus FM Radios				16 #

Female only Campus FM Radios			2 #

Total Household TV Sets				24 million #

Satellite Private Television 
licenses issued					16 #

Satellite Private Televisions (on-air)	12 #

Satellite Television 
viewer ship (Urban)				11 million #

Satellite Television viewer ship 
(Rural)						03 million #

Cable TV Licensees				1301 #


* Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) <www.statpak.gov.pk>

+ Government of Pakistan <www.finance.gov.pk>

^ Human Development Report-UNDP <www.hdr.undp.org>

** Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) <http://www.pta.gov.pk>

# Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) <www.pemra.gov.pk>


Compiled at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pakistanictpolicy/message/48



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-----Original Message-----
From: loco-contacts-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:loco-contacts-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Jono Bacon
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:27 PM
To: loco-contacts
Subject: Education, Ubuntu and LoCo teams

Hi all,

With such an awesome LoCo project here, we have huge chunks of potential
to make a real difference in our areas. One key area that many of you
are interested in is Education. What can be better than getting our
children and students using free software? Not only is this a ripe
challenge, but one where LoCo teams can make a real difference.

I have been talking to Richard Weideman who is Canonical's Education
Programme Manager, and he has an intense, almost yoda like excitement
about education. Evidently Richard is a great person to work with LoCo
teams to help us get *buntu in places where people learn.

To kick things off, head over to
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamEducation and give it a read. It
provides some things to think about when it comes to education. Feel
free to flesh out the page with ideas, thoughts and technique for
getting free software in education.

We are also looking to appoint an education contact for each LoCo team.
Not all teams will have them as not everyone is interested in education,
but if your team is, reply to this thread to indicate your interest.

	Jono

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www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org


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