As Liberian schools remain closed, tablets could become digital classroom

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Schools in Liberia have been closed since July as the country has confronted a deadly Ebola outbreak that, so far, has killed nearly 3,000 people.

With 1.4 million school-aged children currently without access to education, tech developer Rumie is hoping to help kids continue their schooling by sending 200 low-cost tablets to Liberia. It's a relatively small number. But the people behind the Rumie Initiative believe that those 200 tablets could help as many as 2,000 people.

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Rumie is part of an effort to bring digital education to Liberia. Cellcom, one of the country's major wireless providers, is working to provide learning tools on mobile devices, free of data charges, according to Forbes . Global literacy nonprofit Worldreader has made an app that Liberian children can use to read electronic textbooks. Read more...

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