Hello All, You may be already aware of the moves by the govt. of Kerala to sign an MOU with microsoft for setting up training facility for school teachers. The IT@school authorities are clearly trying to get MS into schools, reason for that we can only guess. What we need to convey to the government is that there are plenty of people who are willing to provide GNU/Linux training to school teachers for a reasonable fee. All the private institutions who can provide elementary GNU/Linux training (accoring to 8th & 9th syllabus) should write letters to the 1. chief minister 2. education minister 3. Leader of opposition who is opposing the MOU 4. IT@school director Other officials related to it The subscribers of this list are requested to convey the message to such institutions in their city and strongly request them to send such letters. The letter may also mention the cost of giving training to one school teacher , probably be for a one month course. Let us try to counter the false propaganda by IT@school regarding the availability of GNU/Linux training. regards ajith --------------------------------------------- FSUG-Kozhikode Home Page : //www.freelists.org/webpage/fsug-calicut ---------------------------------------------