Elizabeth Mosima
29 April 2008
The rapid evolution of Information and Communication Technologies during the last few years has brought about considerable progress in different domains including education.
The consequence of such growth is the changes in the methods of teaching and the contents of educational programmes. It is for this reason that a one-week seminar workshop on the reinforcing of capacities of pedagogic inspectors of information and Communication Technologies opened in Yaounde yesterday. Organised by the Ministry of Secondary Education, the workshop brings together pedagogic inspectors from all the ten provinces of the country.
The meeting was presided at by the Minister of Secondary Education, Louis Bapes Bapes. The theme of the workshop is "Policy and strategy of development of Information and Communication Technologies". For one week participants will be seeking better ways of developing and implementing computer sciences in the country's educational system. Efforts are being made to modernise the educational system in Cameroon. Already 60 per cent of schools in Cameroon, mostly private schools have computer classes in their programmes. This not withstanding, the subject faces problems such as insufficient equipment and teachers despite efforts by government.
Speaking during the occasion, the Minister of Secondary Education called on the participants to benefit from the lectures they will receive from their instructors. According to the Minister, the workshop will make the teachers to master the ICTs so that they can be able to use computer sciences to exchange information, carry out research in the Internet and pass on the knowledge to the students.
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