Next month, 32,000 school children in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in France will be the first in the country's schools to use laptops pre-loaded with free and open source software that are integrated into the national electronic education network (ENT). The regional administration has budgeted 15 million euro for the project.
The laptops come with Open Office, an open source office suite and many other free and open source applications, including a web browser and multi media software. The laptops are preconfigured to access cloud-based storage facilities, offers users new ways to learn languages, allows them to pay for school meals, arrange their transport to and from school and helps students to attend cultural and sport activities.
The laptops will be used by all students entering their first year in public and private high schools in the region
With the free software laptops, the regional administrations wants to increase the educational options for the school children and, at the same time, offering all students an equal access opportunity.
ENT (Environnement Numérique de Travail, digital work environment) is a collection of educational structures made and deployed by each of the 27 regions in France. The Languedoc-Roussillon region however will be the first to put their specific ENT to use for all schools, according to a press statement published by IT service provider Bull in March.
The company writes it is using open source components, building a platform around the open source ESUP portal, which is already used by the universities of the city of Montpellier, the region's capital.
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