Rural schools make strides in E-learning
Monday April 19 2021
A pupil of Isenda Primary School in Mayuge District demonstrates how the digital learning tablet works to the State minister for Primary Education, Ms Rosemary Sseninde and other guests at the launch. PHOTO/ Desire Mbabaali.
Summary
There is a continued need for digital learning because the world is becoming a global village. Every child in the 21st century is expected to have enough knowledge to compete at a global level. It is therefore imperative that there is promotion of critical thinking, creativity and ICTs in schools at the basic level.
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Until digital learning was introduced to Nalongo Church of Uganda Primary School, a UPE school in Luweero in August 2020, Edward had never seen anything close to a computer. He had never seen a tablet either, let alone use it for learning, so when digital learning was introduced in his school, where they would use tablets to learn literacy and numeracy, he was