MINISTER for Health Sir Puka Temu proposed a “one child, one laptop” policy in Parliament this week. While sharing his appreciation for the recent abolishment of the outcome-based education curriculum, Sir Puka told Parliament that the way forward for PNG students today was through information technology and computing. He said that PNG is a developing nation with a very high adoption rate of cultural and technological advancements that could be used to our children’s benefit. “I have been told by international educationists that PNG people adept to change much faster than persons from other countries. “It has been said that our people are naturally good at developing ideas and tweaking things to suit our needs,” he said. He proposed that the Education Ministry pursues IT and computing with the aim of standardising the use of computers in all primary, high and secondary schools. “The modern world is moving so fast and young people around the world are getting smarter and smarter. “I feel it would be immoral of our Government to put our children at a disadvantage against the rest of the world by neglecting to provide that which the entire world is now operating on,” Sir Puka said. He suggested that there be an eventual “one child, one laptop” policy that would give the next generation of leaders the upper hand through the basic understanding of computers and how to use them. Statement
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