[erAck]

He should teach LibreOffice Writer instead so when actually some laptops arrive at the school they wouldn't have to waste money on MS product licenses.

[k3a]

This is exactly what I wanted to write. But some people can't be helped... Our school also forced us MS Office and I had to learn LibreOffice myself. I have been using OO/LibreOffice since I finished school and I am not looking back. It's sad that some people don't know about alternatives and are paying for Office360 regularly, they are like drug addicts.

[atonse]

Or they can just ask MS to donate licenses. Better to teach these kids practical skills instead if software nobody uses.

[Sylos]

If you cannot transfer skills that you've learned in LO Writer to MS Word, then I don't think you've successfully learnt anything.

And really, they live in a place where nobody uses either software.

[erAck]

So you prefer to throw them into the MS mono culture pit.

[atonse]

Yes. This isn’t about open source idealism. You are teaching them job skills. MS Word is a useful job skill.

[erAck]

Understanding how to use any word processor is a job skill. LibreOffice supports Akan, an official language spoken in Ghana. Projects could translate the UI to Akan so even more people would be able to use it.