Georgetown – Youths from Essequibo, Berbice, Demerara and the Hinterland were the first beneficiaries as government launched its One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme last evening.
President Bharrat Jagdeo handed over laptops to youth representatives from the Volunteer Youth Corps in Durban Backlands, St Francis Community Developers in Berbice, the Abrams Zuil Secondary School on the Essequibo coast and hinterland students of the Amerindian hostel. President Jagdeo said, “we are targeting every member of the family from the child to the grandparents, everyone. Whether you are young or old… we have 780,000 people, we can get every Guyanese in five years time to know how to use the computer and access it,”
If implemented well, President Jagdeo expressed confidence that the programme will lead to a major transformation in the lives of many Guyanese as the world of opportunities will be open to them. In this regard he implored the beneficiaries to maximize on the opportunity available to them.
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