Sampit schools to receive computers

Sampit schools to receive computers

SAMPIT, Central Kalimantan: Japan has provided elementary
schools and universities in the Central Kalimantan district town
of Sampit with 350 used computers to better equip their learning
facilities.

The pentium-two computers are part of a cooperation recently
launched by the Association of All Indonesian District
Governments (APKAS) and Japan Inc's KRD Project, Heriyanto, a
local education service official, said here on Tuesday.

The computers are old, but they have been upgraded with
pentium-two capability, he said.

Each used computer costs US$50, and hundreds of schools have
ordered them, he said.

"We are checking with APKAS if these computers are still
usable before we order them because the computers given to
Gresik, East Java, can no longer be used," he said. -- Antara