The Computer Professionals' Union (CP-Union) here in the Philippines started already a FOSS @ schools programme.

Yesterday, we introduced FOSS to about 1,500 students of a local university. We had 4 sessions on Ubuntu desktop Introduction, Openoffice.Org introduction and CMS (drupal and Joomla) for the students.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080905-158897/Group-to-start-SMS-campaign-for-open-source-bill

more details at www.cp-union.com

the software freedom day organized by CP-Union has been focused to students and enthusiasts. This year, we have invited high schools and universities teaching it-related courses to join us on the event.

It is our view that more than pushing foss to businesses, the real progress and success of FOSS relies on the youth and students.

Rick

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Mani A <a.mani.cms@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Peter Ruwoldt <ruwoldtp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> If we accept that schools are one of the key mechanisms for change in
> society, then the idea of helping schools to think about the opportunities
> that FOSS can offer is a worthy pursuit.
>
> If you are looking for an activity for your team on the day then possibly
> doing something in the education arena might be a go
>

The Kolkata team has an introductory programme for high school and
college students.

http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/asiaandmiddleeast/india/ILUG-CALINFO

Best

A. Mani

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