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Schools to give
boost to PC market
IT becomes part of
curriculum
Computer
science is to become part of the curriculum in schools,
opening up a massive market for PCs an associated
equipment.
For a start, upper secondary schools are to get between 15
and 20 computers.
Vocational and technical schools will get between 20 and
30 sets.
Computers have already been provided to institutions of
higher learning.
"But this is not sufficient the Minister of
Education, Youth and Sports, Tol Lah.
Tol Lah said that in addition to the shortage of
equipment, study programmes for specialised
information technology disciplines have also not been
developed.
"What should be noted and focus on now is that
computer science has been developing, but has yet to meet
our desired target, both in terms of quality and
quantity", he said in a recent paper.
The minister, outlining targets for the next five years,
said the education for all programme would expand
enrolments in schools, increase female students, minimise
dropouts and repetitions.
This would be done, he said, by reducing financial burden
on parents, increasing incomes of teachers and providing
better facilities in schools.
Many poor parents are unable to meet formal and informal
payments under the current
impoverished education system,
which is to get more funds.
Teachers on the other hand are unable to live on current
wages, which the ministry hopes to increase by 50% over
the five years.
Better facilities in schools, improved curriculum and
better-trained teachers are also part of the programme.
Tol Lah said the whole programme was being tuned to turn
out young people. capable of productive work in needed
fields for personal and national development.
Tol Lah cited a programme to inculcate in children the
habit of critical thinking and self-learning, which
yielded 75.59% success in last year's examinations.
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