ZimEye
27 October 2011
Zimbabwe’s rural schools are set to receive expensive iPads for the delivery of education services, David Coltart, the Minister of Education, Sports and Culture has said.
Coltart who is in Paris attending the 33rd UNESCO General Conference said Zimbabwe is collaborating with Apple in this groundbreaking use of technology to advance education in the most remote schools.
The iPads will be powered by revolutionary solar-power which the Apple company is also facilitating.
In line with this resolution the Zimbabwean delegation led by the Minister managed to create a facility from the Apple company in Paris - where the company unveiled a fascinating new “School Box†which will take iPads to the most remote rural schools – using solar power and micro projectors we will be able to bring computerised teaching aids to the poorest schools.
“I am confident we will be one of the first to benefit from a pilot program to be started early next year. I am very excited that Zimbabwe is collaborating with Apple in this ground breaking use of technology to advance education in the most remote schools. If we can get it to work in Zimbabwe I am sure it will spread to poor schools throughout Africa – and beyond,†the ecstatic Hon Coltart said.
Minister David Coltart who is also the MDC secretary for legal affairs is a minister in the Government of National Unity credited for bringing up the education system that had collapsed due to economic mismanagement by the Zanu PF regime.
Minister Coltart in his tenure has managed to source textbooks for all schools in Zimbabwe on a one textbook per student ratio, an unprecedented achievement in post independence Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwean rural schools lack basic infrastructure and several computers donated by President Robert Mugabe as part of his rural computerisation programme have either been stolen or remained unused due to absence of electricity.
This development comes after a few weeks ago when the Minister of Trade, Industry and International Trade Prof Welshman Ncube who is also the MDC President managed to raise $40 million from the government for the Bulawayo Industries.
Zimbabwe’s rural schools are set to receive expensive iPads for the delivery of education services, David Coltart, the Minister of Education, Sports and Culture has said.
Coltart who is in Paris attending the 33rd UNESCO General Conference said Zimbabwe is collaborating with Apple in this groundbreaking use of technology to advance education in the most remote schools.
The iPads will be powered by revolutionary solar-power which the Apple company is also facilitating.
In line with this resolution the Zimbabwean delegation led by the Minister managed to create a facility from the Apple company in Paris - where the company unveiled a fascinating new “School Box†which will take iPads to the most remote rural schools – using solar power and micro projectors we will be able to bring computerised teaching aids to the poorest schools.
“I am confident we will be one of the first to benefit from a pilot program to be started early next year. I am very excited that Zimbabwe is collaborating with Apple in this ground breaking use of technology to advance education in the most remote schools. If we can get it to work in Zimbabwe I am sure it will spread to poor schools throughout Africa – and beyond,†the ecstatic Hon Coltart said.
Minister David Coltart who is also the MDC secretary for legal affairs is a minister in the Government of National Unity credited for bringing up the education system that had collapsed due to economic mismanagement by the Zanu PF regime.
Minister Coltart in his tenure has managed to source textbooks for all schools in Zimbabwe on a one textbook per student ratio, an unprecedented achievement in post independence Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwean rural schools lack basic infrastructure and several computers donated by President Robert Mugabe as part of his rural computerisation programme have either been stolen or remained unused due to absence of electricity.
This development comes after a few weeks ago when the Minister of Trade, Industry and International Trade Prof Welshman Ncube who is also the MDC President managed to raise $40 million from the government for the Bulawayo Industries.
Please note: The press unfortunately have read too much into my comment. I need to stress that there is no agreement with Apple but we would like to use iPad technology and we are in discussions in this regard. Furthermore the “School box†concept is being run by the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) in Dublin. – David Coltart