‘Integrate ICT into education system’
Published: November 09, 2017
Kathmandu, November 8
Stakeholders, government bodies and organisations working to enhance the quality of education have stressed the need for integrating Information Communication Technology into classrooms.
Speaking at an interaction ‘Shaping the Future of Learning, Technology in Classrooms – Scaling Successful Practices’ organised by Open Learning Exchange Nepal here today, participants said teaching-learning activities could be effective only if theoretical education and practical knowledge went hand in hand.
Speaking at the programme, Chairperson of OLE Nepal Prithivi Bahadur Pande said they were on a mission to end disparities in the education system in Nepal. He said, “We want to see all children in Nepal get quality education within 10 years.” OLE Nepal has been working to integrate technology into teaching-learning process in Nepal for the last 10 years.
Secretary at the Ministry of Education Madhu Prasad Regmi said, “Traditional teaching-learning methods should now be gradually replaced with an interactive learning process. This process must be backed by technology.”
Similarly, CEO of OLE International and Former Associate Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education Richard R Rowe said, “The education system in developing countries are encouraging to tell us you are a failure. This has to change and students should be encouraged towards learning. ICT must be used as a tool of learning, it’s not the learning itself.”
OLE Nepal claims to have reached over half a million students, who it says are benefiting from its digital learning methods. It provides digital libraries, thousands of e-books and videos through its server to schools in the remote areas.
More than 6,000 students from the remote areas now have access to child-friendly XO laptops with inbuilt software that allows students from Grade II to VIII to learn about their courses using latest technology. The courses prescribed by the Curriculum Development Centre are redesigned to make them more user-friendly and provide practical knowledge about the subject.
A version of this article appears in print on November 09, 2017 of The Himalayan Times.
Call for integrating ICT into classrooms
Kathmandu, November 10
Education experts have stressed on enhancing the quality of education by integrating information technology into classrooms.
At a programme organised here today to mark 10th anniversary of Open Learning Exchange Nepal, speakers expressed their belief that technology can help address the twin problems of quality and disparity in Nepal’s education system. They also urged the Ministry of Education to effectively implement projects related to the use of technology in classrooms and learn about the practical challenges in transforming education.
Addressing the function, Director General of Department of Education Baburam Poudel said that OLE Nepal had made significant contribution to enhancing quality of education in public schools. Open Learning Exchange Nepal’s Chairman Prithivi Pande said OLE Nepal partnered with the Department of Education to launch laptop-based integrated learning initiative in 2008. He also said that the programme would be expanded to more schools in the days ahead.
“OLE Nepal’s mission is to help address these problems through the integration of ICT into daily classroom teaching-learning process,” he said.
A version of this article appears in print on November 11, 2017 of The Himalayan Times.