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Solidary Santa offers Magalhães laptops at Christmas
The initiative of the Portuguese post office company (CTT) named “Solidary Santa Claus” had distributed this year Magalhães computers for underprivileged children. The notebooks were offered by JP Sá Couto, the company that produces them. According to the online site Ainanas, the goal was to satisfy the thousands of requests by … Continue reading
Magalhães distributed in educational project in Mexico
The Magalhães laptops will begin to be distributed in Mexico as part of the Digital Skills for All (HDT) programme, over the next year. According to Económico, the supply of 11 thousand computers to the South American country is the result of three contests that JP Sá Couto won for the distribution of Magalhães laptops to that educational programme. Source: Económico Read more [...]
Study finds Magalhães is little used in schools
According to a study by the University of the Azores, there is a “reduced adherence to the use of [Magalhães] laptops by schools”, says an article published in Plataforma Barómetro Social. The results show that the Magalhães computer is used more at home than at school and that the “everyday use in the classroom seems to have … Continue reading
Government wants to extinguish Foundation and pass Magalhães for Education
According to daily newspaper Público, the Secretary of State for Public Works, Transport and Communications, Sergio Monteiro, wants to end the Foundation for Mobile Communications (FCM), used for contractually the distribution of Magalhães computers with JP Sá Couto. FCM currently has a debt amounting to 65 million euros, at least. The secretary of state explained that after the … Continue reading
Azores invests in an alternative to Magalhães computers
According to the newspaper Público, the Azores is going to invest in the acquisition of two thousand laptops for the equipping of schools of the first cycle of basic education in the archipelago. In response to the interruption of the distribution of Magalhães computers in the current school year, the Azorean government opted for an … Continue reading
