Computers for rural schools
MASERU-IN 2005, the government pledged to develop ICT curricula for all levels of the education system by 2020.
Fifteen years on, it remains a pipedream despite the country adopting a national ICT policy aimed at entrenching the learning of ICTs in schools.
This week, Communications Minister Chief Thesele ’Maseribane said the government expects 65 percent of children that enter primary, secondary and tertiary to get connected on the e-learning platform.
He said this while launching the ministry’s three-year strategic plan.
For many students and their teachers, these remain words, especially because most schools have no computers or electricity to make the dream come true.