One of Seychelles’ national ambitions is to equip all educational institutions from primary to post-secondary schools with state-of-the-art computer rooms.
However, critics have long argued the government cannot afford such costly target on its own, without a little help from foreign backed partnerships.
A suggestion that has indeed struck the right chord through the signing of the first Memorandum of Understanding between the department of Education and the non-governmental organisation Iceland Seychelles Development Group.
The partnership was signed between the Seychellois Minister for Education, Danny Faure and the head of this highly specialised computer technicians group, Gudmundur Holmsteinsson.
Under the agreement, the Icelandic group will sponsor computer software and other technical equipment, especially those that are easy to use and geared towards children aged between 6 and 12 years old. It also covers training for teachers in the use of the new education software.
According to the acting director general of Education Technology, Robin Zarine, the assistance from the group would enable the department to further extend computer learning to younger children in all primary schools.
“ICT would not form part of the primary pupils' formal education curriculum, but emphasis would be put on the use of computers for fun. The more they get used to using the technology, the easier it would be for the young children to grasp computer education when they reach secondary school,” according to Mr Zarine.
He said the educational software that are to be put at the young children's disposal has been developed specifically for children and would help accelerate learning in areas like writing, mental activities, spelling, reading and so on.
Until now, only students in post-secondary schools were having access to computer education, which forms part of their school curriculum.
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