Chineses and Their Ability : IT program for rural areas bridging education gap

Recently a Chinese government had set up an IT Learning Program, jointed by Microsoft, it aimed to provide primary and middle-school teachers in rural and remote areas with basic education in computing and information technology with they can later pass on to their own students.

 One of the participants, a teacher in geography, 45 years old, did not know how to turn on a computer when the class began,  after completing the training program, he is able to

        surf the Webs almost everyday for new teaching materials to make his geography class more colorful and interested

        create power point presentations to teach his students

        create his own blog !!!

 

In summary : The training course

        created a teaching resource network

        allows millions of teachers across the country access to useful materials and information via the Internet and television

        more tha 1 million teachers in the rural area will  benefit from this program, in 2007

        Trainers are from : University experts.

 

From: China Daily : Aug 29, 2007 

 

My Note:  No wonder why China has become one of the world leaders.