Intel and World Ahead program

Intel celebrates the first year of the Intel World Ahead program by reaffirming its commitment to expanding the benefits of technology to communities throughout the world.

World Ahead is a program that was first published on May 2, 2006 - to expand access to technology and education for people in developing communities, while providing opportunities for people. Assembly for these communities in entering the international economy today.

Intel pledged a $ 1 billion budget over a five-year period to support World Ahead

Intel has committed a $ 1 billion budget over a five-year period to support the program. The goal of the World Ahead program includes training more than 10 million teachers in applying technology to education, creating new potentials to reach more than 1 billion students.

Intel's IT education program, whereby every student and student will be using a computer for the development of digital skills, has been being tested in India, Malaysia and the Philippines. Recently, Intel also signed an agreement with Pakistan's Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), whereby the AIOU will carry out 700,000 Intel educational computers called the Classmate PC.

Leighton Phillips, Intel World Ahead Asia-Pacific Program Director, said: ' The success of Intel World Ahead program so far is enormous. Intel currently has 170 projects in the World Ahead program in 60 countries worldwide . '

The Intel World Ahead program is currently being implemented in 9 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

Nguyen Vu