Telecentres have over time been known for information access and digital literacy initiatives. One of the areas some have explored is e-learning which forms a great way to enable learning.

A few recommendations from OnlineCourses.com that are applicable to telecentres include…

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, has hailed the University 

of the West Indies’ (UWI) electronic book (e-book) initiative, noting that it 

will save students significant sums in textbook costs.



Under the project, being piloted in the medical faculty, students will be able 

to digitally access all their texts and journals at a fraction of the cost of 

printed material.



Speaking at the official launch on Tuesday, February 19, at the…

Geneva, 25 February 2013 - Broadband networks have the potential to radically alter the education landscape, creating prestigious new centres of learning in the developing world, extending access to distance learning programmes to outlying communities, and helping poorer countries retain high-performing students who can help lift their nations out of poverty by serving as local entrepreneurs, researchers and policy-makers, according to a new report just released by the Broadband Commission…

She calls it Estella’s Brilliant Bus, and she uses it to bring computer-based learning to some of the most forgotten schoolchildren in America.

Estella Mims Pyform grew up in these backwaters, a daughter of the segregated South who started working…

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"Many investors see East Africa’s strong growth potential as a driver of better investment performance than in South Africa: This is a huge shift in private equity attitudes toward Africa, which have been historically focused on South Africa. East African investment potential is seen as roughly on par with West Africa, where similar growth dynamics are at play.”…

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The mixed experiences of last 5 Years of engagement of rural education development through Nenasala telecentres has thought me that success of ICT4D depends on dedicated and committed people rather than resources or market opportunities. The development of education brings impact directly in the lives of people as evident from Lahugala Nenasala Telecentre located in South east part of Sri Lanka which helped changing the shape of education in their village through Shilpa Sayura. …

Ninety-two (92%) of the rural population will be connected through the government's plan called "Connected Chile", which illuminates 338 points of the region, so "it is essential to provide tools for producers to use this technology for their businesses,"  Alvaro Cruzat, Secretary of Agriculture said at the launch of…

Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and President of Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University, the Annual Congress 2011opening by H.E sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nhayan minister of higher education and scientific research, UAE at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai,…

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