by Marvin <physchem@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Dec 3, 2006 at 11:37 AM
babu wrote:
> Hi,
> I am from Bangladesh studying in computer science. I want to do some
> research on using technology on education. I prefer to do
> research/project in our country context. I would like to give some
> information about Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of the underdeveloped
> country in the world. More than 50% people is iliterate.More than 80%
> people live in rural area. Most of them are poor farmar of day
> labourer. Government of Bangladesh has not enough funding to establish
> schools in all rural areas. So I think that using
> computer/telecomunication technology is the better solution to educate
> our people.Large spread out of mobile phone one of the poositive side
> of Bangladesh. So I WANT TO USE THIS(MOBILE PHONE OR TELECOMUNICATION
> TECHNOLOGY) TO EDUCATE MASS PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY. It will be a great
> help for me if anybody gives me exclusive research/project idea.
>
> Thanks in advance
> BABU
>
There is an article about a $150 laptop intended for use by
students in countries like Bangladesh, at
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/technology/30laptop.html.
You might research how well it could be used in your country.