TY  - JOUR
AB  - Every year thousands of computers deemed obsolete by companies upgrading to newer models are kept out of landfills by organizations like World Computer Exchange (WCE)1 which recycle them to schools in developing countries. It is possible to set up at a very low cost, clusters of recycled PCs, using Linux software to substantially reduce the cost of establishing school‐based community Internet centers. In the case of such an implementation in Goa, India by a WCE partner‐NGO the key to its success has been collaboration between the NGO and the private sector to encourage the growth of local Linux support skills and with the government sector ‐ the Goa State Education Department ‐ to ensure the acceptance of Linux in the curriculum, and the provision of teacher training. The Goa Schools Computers project (GSCP)2 project provides an example of how low initial costs of infrastructure and linkages between different stakeholders can result in cost savings of up to 60% over a conventional community Internet center thereby
increasing their chances for financial viability.
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
SN  - 1477-996X
DO  - 10.1108/14779960380000228
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/14779960380000228
AU  - Martyris Daryl
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Public private partnerships to build low cost rural access
T2  - Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 81
EP  - 86
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -