From now on, the schools in Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate federal
state will be running Skolelinux on their computers, based on a
decision made a year ago. The project is now announcing its next phase.
The federal state schools will not only adopt Skolelinux as their
operating system, but also use it to develop curriculum in 11 pilot
schools. The 10-point plan,
roughly translated as "Media Competence Is Our Schools," involves an
adapted Skolelinux version, according to Burkhard Schaefer, consultant
for the federal state's ministry of education, science, youth and
culture: "The decision went to Skolelinux because it offered throug
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