The Ministry of Education says it has launched an electronic knowledge centre at the Curriculum Development Centre in Lusaka that will help learning institutions in the country to access the Internet.
The knowledge centre focuses on professional development, distance education and Information Communication Technologies (ICT) integration in education and was set up with the support from the Flemmish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance (VVOB).
Speaking at the launch today, the ministry’s Acting Director for Teacher Education and Specialised Services James Silwimba said the centre aims at improving the training of Basic School Teachers.
Mr. Silwimba said his Ministry and VVOB plan to distribute more than 350 refurbished computers and desktops, 35 beamers and 59 printers to selected resource centres, Zone and community schools in Central, Copperbelt, and Northern provinces.
And VVOB Programme Advisor for ICT Bart Cornille said the centre has been set up to make teaching and learning more attractive and effective.
The launch of the centre is part of a three phase programme embarked on by the Ministry of Education and VVOB and runs up to the year 2013.
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