This post is on an article on the internet about elearning within Zambia, Africa. Is it a solution?
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The closure of schools has a negative effect on students that could be taking exams and is unfair to the students that attend schools that have been closed compared to the students that can still attend theirs.
The government should be prepared for out breaks such as cholera or disaster such as floods. So Elearning would seem to be a suitable solution for these disasters. However, in a developing country such as Zambia the financing for a suitable elearning environment would be hard to come across because this means there would have to be the supplement of suitable conditions (new buildings) and half decent technology.
The article states that every rainy season there is an outbreak or a disaster, so i raise the question, WHY HAVE THE GOVERNMENT NOT UTILISED RADIOS OR TELEVISION SETS TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS??? Prof Thomson Sinkala seems to have the answer (apologizing for my sarcassim) "in such a situation, technology-enhanced learning would come in handy." That is sort of a no brainer. Are these the words of a concerned man? he already has his education.
Brain box Sinkala came up with another amazing quote, ""Pupils would not have to miss their lessons as they would access their teachers’ lessons through either an Internet cafe or from home or any convenient place arranged for that matter". This is a third world or developing country he is talking about. Not everyone has the internet at home or access to an internet cafe! And how is an internet cafe a suitable learning environment for young students!!!
He also goes onto state that if they were taught online by using elearning then they would be able to learn about cholera and how to prevent it, but surely they should of been taught this anyway! Is he blaming the citizens for the cholera outbreaks?
"Homework for submission on return." How are they supposed to do the homework if they have not been taught what it is about, unless elearning is provided.
Downloading would be a great idea, because kids are fascinated by technology so why not abuse this obssession in a good way. Although there is a certain expense that comes which technology such as ipods etc. this expense maybe to high for certain families and not so for others. so why not use the radio which is cheap and present in most homes including the more rural areas of the country.
Ict remains still remains low within Zambian education. this is not good for a developing country when the rest of the developed world has a huge emphasis on technology within their societies.
It was shocking to read by the side of the main article that primary education can be attended by choice. and that 2.8 million attend primary school but then only 136,000 go through to secondary education and then only 2 percent goto university.
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The closure of schools has a negative effect on students that could be taking exams and is unfair to the students that attend schools that have been closed compared to the students that can still attend theirs.
The government should be prepared for out breaks such as cholera or disaster such as floods. So Elearning would seem to be a suitable solution for these disasters. However, in a developing country such as Zambia the financing for a suitable elearning environment would be hard to come across because this means there would have to be the supplement of suitable conditions (new buildings) and half decent technology.
The article states that every rainy season there is an outbreak or a disaster, so i raise the question, WHY HAVE THE GOVERNMENT NOT UTILISED RADIOS OR TELEVISION SETS TO EDUCATE THE STUDENTS??? Prof Thomson Sinkala seems to have the answer (apologizing for my sarcassim) "in such a situation, technology-enhanced learning would come in handy." That is sort of a no brainer. Are these the words of a concerned man? he already has his education.
Brain box Sinkala came up with another amazing quote, ""Pupils would not have to miss their lessons as they would access their teachers’ lessons through either an Internet cafe or from home or any convenient place arranged for that matter". This is a third world or developing country he is talking about. Not everyone has the internet at home or access to an internet cafe! And how is an internet cafe a suitable learning environment for young students!!!
He also goes onto state that if they were taught online by using elearning then they would be able to learn about cholera and how to prevent it, but surely they should of been taught this anyway! Is he blaming the citizens for the cholera outbreaks?
"Homework for submission on return." How are they supposed to do the homework if they have not been taught what it is about, unless elearning is provided.
Downloading would be a great idea, because kids are fascinated by technology so why not abuse this obssession in a good way. Although there is a certain expense that comes which technology such as ipods etc. this expense maybe to high for certain families and not so for others. so why not use the radio which is cheap and present in most homes including the more rural areas of the country.
Ict remains still remains low within Zambian education. this is not good for a developing country when the rest of the developed world has a huge emphasis on technology within their societies.
It was shocking to read by the side of the main article that primary education can be attended by choice. and that 2.8 million attend primary school but then only 136,000 go through to secondary education and then only 2 percent goto university.
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