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by user-one1 1616 days ago
I'm from Uruguay and here OLPC was adopted by the government in 2007. Till now every kid and teenager from public and private schools receive a "ceibalita" laptop that they can use for whatever they want. They are used at school by some teachers although not all.

During the recent pandemic the program was fundamental because it allowed all children from all socio-economic backgrounds to switch to remote learning.

Most poor kids don't have a PC at home and it's hard to access the labor market without knowing how to use one.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceibal_project