E-learning to bridge educational devide
by Charmaine FERNANDO
It is critical to initiate radical reforms to build a knowledge-based
society within the global arena. Creativity determines the survival and
prosperity of nations. Information Communication Technology (ICT) in
education is the way forward enabling such educational reforms, said
Minister of Education, Susil Premajayantha.
He was speaking at the Innovative Teachers National Competition 2008
Awards Ceremony in Colombo last week Young students from remote villages
were among the prize winners who find ICT a window of opportunity for
innovative and new learning avenues.
Sri Lanka is aiming at strategically building a learning society to
empower youth to face challenges of a knowledge based global society.
The SEMP and EKSP projects funded by the Asian Development Bank had
helped pave the way to enhanced applied ICT knowledge. Around 3,000
schools have been provided infrastructure and 50,000 ICT trained
teachers to enhance human resource development.
ICT for efficient school management has been adopted by 2000 school
principals and Microsoft partners.
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