Communications and Transport Minister, Geoffrey Lungwangwa, says there is need to universalize e-learning to ease learning and increase teachers’ creativity as well as make the learning environment exciting for both teachers and pupils.
Professor Lungwangwa observed that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is transforming the way of doing things all over the world and welcomed the transformation.
The minister said this when he toured Tujatane Tongabezi Trust School in Livingstone yesterday.
He said government was committed to ensuring that ICT was introduced in schools by developing infrastructure in learning institutions.
Prof Lungwangwa said the development of the fibre optic would promote e-learning in rural schools and help narrow the digital divide between urban and rural schools.
The minister, who earlier yesterday donated some computers at Katombora Reformatory, disclosed that government was working towards ensuring a speedy broadband connectivity to ensure cheap communication and to promote e-learning in schools by next.
Prof Lungwangwa observed that e-learning has proved to make learning easier and teachers to become creative, imaginative and increases interaction in class.
“E-learning has made learning very interesting and easy while creating professionalism in the teaching process as well as bridging the digital gap between rural and urban schools,” he said.
He said e-learning would help disadvantaged pupils to overcome learning difficulties and called on the corporate world to help develop infrastructure in schools so as to promote online learning.
Prof Lungwangwa, who is scheduled to open the 4th Annual Commonwealth Telecommunication Forum, whose theme is ‘Rural Connectivity in Africa’, said government will not relent in its efforts to ensure rural schools benefit from e-learning by speeding up the process of infrastructure development.
Meanwhile, Tujatane Tongabezi Trust School ICT teacher, Bond Lichaha, has disclosed that e-learning has been beneficial to both pupils and teachers.
He commended Afri-Connect for providing the e-learning facility at the school and urged other schools to embrace e-learning for quality teaching and learning results.
ZANIS
Good ideas and pronouncements but the real zeal(political) is misplaced.
One day do us some justice by acting before you talk!!!!!!
Good ideas. Please introduce e-learning all over Zambia, even those schools in Shang’ombo. Why not.
Theoriez often sound very nice. Hope it’s not just one nof thoze ministerial statements which must be issued anyway.
Honestly honestly, how can you even dream of e-learning when you don’t have the necessary infrastructure. you don’t even have e-Goverment. Its like trying to run before walking!! Damn!! Zambian politians theories!!!!
Why is the commuications and transport minister doing touring schools? Iwe ka Dora uchita chani?
Yes we have done it again, well done Tujatane Trust School
e-learning is now being used widely world and it has proved worthwhile! I am at University in Europe right now and thats what has made me have clear pass thru out! By the way, where’s UNZA (my former Univ) on this!! Hopefully the minister didnt jst want to say something to sound upto date with the school he was visting! Action should follow!
Number 6. Please kindly note that the Ministry of Communications and Transport is the one that has an ICT Department in Zambia. The only problem we have in Zambia is the infrustructure to initiate suche learning approaches. The I dea is welcome though
nice idea. but how about we first figure out a real system for producing and distributing food. what’s the use of e-learning if i don’t know how i’m going to get my next meal. besides, there’s a very good electronic communication network already in place. it’s called the radio. zambia needs to get real!!
This idea is long overdue. Malaysia invested in IT in the early 90s around the same time we were introducing internet in ZED. Now they have already reaped the benefits ten times over. Investing in IT can never be a waste of time or money. Do this yesterday.