According to BBC News, Uruguay is the first country in the world where every child in elementary school will have a laptop computer, courtesy of the public education budget.
You don't hear about Uruguay very often in the news, and I am glad that now that we hear about it, it is to share very good news.
The total cost of the program wasn't even 5 percent of the education budget, and that included not only the laptops for the kids, but also for the teachers, as well as IT support.
70 percent of the kids who got a laptop did not have a computer at home, as quoted in the story: "This is not simply the handing out of laptops or an education programme. It is a programme which seeks to reduce the gap between the digital world and the world of knowledge," explained Miguel Brechner, director of the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay and in charge of Plan Ceibal."
The plan is not finalized, since some of the most rural schools do not have access to internet, but this is a very good first step in the right direction.
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