It is not that text book/curriculum doesnt talk abt other freedoms. But effective communication is not happening at school level on ideological aspects of free software.
There is scope for improvement. It would be good some one can design interesting activities for children which effectively communicate the different freedoms to children. Any way it is not an easy task to ensure that majority of 60,000 teachers effectively use it.
regards arun.
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:36 AM, ck rajuck.thrissur@gmail.com wrote:
- School curricula on and using FS
Raj, I think there would be problem if you chose to adopt or recommend the *mode of educating* Free Software in Kerala. Nothing that I know here uses the opportunity to equip student community to get introduced to Free Software through its different Freedoms other than *Freedom Level 0*.
This is a fine trap that Kerala's IT@School project is led into, as of now, because all these learning exercises can be replaced by Freewares or Sharewares or other subsidised Proprietary software.
If these concerns are unfounded, can they be substantiated with evidence ? Guess Arun or Vimal may be able to clarify.
CK Raju Kharagpur