Walter Wilson Nana & Olivia Ogechi
4 August 2008
Some 100 teachers from government secondary and high schools in the Southwest Province have been drilled on new developments in Information and Communication Technology, ICT, and the science of computer.
This is the outcome of a two-week workshop, which opened at the Multimedia Centre of Bilingual Grammar School Molyko, Buea, recently.The Southwest Coordinator of Computer Science at the Delegation of Secondary Education, Rose Tchonta Guembou, said the workshop is aimed at training teachers interested in computers to use the available syllabuses of Computer Science to prepare students for the 2010 session of the Cameroon General Certificate of Education, GCE.
According to Tchonta, Computer Science was introduced in the school curriculum in 2003. It is, therefore, imperative for the secondary education department to begin building a teacher pool for the subject as they look forward to 2010.
She disclosed that several measures have been put in place to ensure the effective implementation of computer science in the school curriculum."The government has installed multi-media centres in the ten provinces of the country and has created a section for computer science in the Teacher Training College in Bambili, in the Northwest Province," she said.
On his part, the Southwest Inspector of Computer Science, Arrey Njok Takang-Tabe, corroborating Tchonta, said: "The workshop is aimed at giving the trainees some lessons in pedagogy."
On the delay to implement Computer Science in the school curriculum, Tabe said government wanted to put together its human and technological resources first to ensure an effective implantation.
A participant at the workshop, Florence Tata, from Government Bilingual High School Muyuka, said the workshop enriched her skills in Computer Science and helped her to know how to tackle questions and answers on the subject.
However, another participant, Godlove Enjame from GBHS Ekondo-Titi, expressed doubt if his students would be able to handle the subject by 2010 since they lack practical skills.
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