Govt Digitalises Zim Education Sector
The government has digitalized the Zimbabwean education sector, an initiative that has seen 8 schools in Harare Metropolitan province packaging core i3 hp laptops.
Budiriro High 1, Glenview High 1, Highfield High School, ZRP High School, Queen Elizabeth High School, Southerton High School, Harare High School and Manyame Secondary School are schools that received laptops from the government yesterday.
A total of 240 laptops were shared among the eight learning institutions with each school packaging 30 core i3 laptops.
The government says the schools that received these laptops will receive free internet for the first year.
Addressing journalists at Budiriro High 1, Minister of Information Communication and Technology, Postal and Courier Services Hon Jenfan Muswere stressed that digitalization programs will cover all learning institutions across the country.
“Today we are here, tomorrow we will be in manicaland and after tomorrow we will go to midlands, next week we will be back in Harare and go to mashonaland north, mashonaland south and we will cover every province.
“The whole idea is that we should not leave anyone behind in a digital economy, so all primary, secondary and tertiary institutions will be equipped and connected so that we develop a digital economy,” said Muswere.
Southerton High School teacher Mrs Chiutsi appreciated the project saying that it will enable effective e-learning education in schools.
Meanwhile, parents from the schools that received these laptops said the project will elevate education in Zimbabwe.
The development comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2020, launched the National Development Strategy1 NDS1 identifying the digital economy as one of the priorities. He also identifies human capacity building.
In 2020, Zanu Pf also donated 100 laptops to 10 schools in Nyanga.
The projects are meant to transform the education sector in Zimbabwe and digitalize primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, including the public training centers.