wtorek, stycznia 07, 2014

An eLearning Revolution, and It's Starting in Rural Africa

Meet Elizabeth, a twelve-year-old who walked over 10 kilometers to school and back every day. Despite her class being crowded -- sometimes with 75 children for each teacher -- and her teachers often being from outside the community, regularly overwhelmed and sometimes missing their teaching obligations -- she was lucky to receive an education at all. This is the reality of a child growing up in rural Zambia's Eastern Province. Her classes were ineffective, often having her recite back words that meant little to her without any practical applications. Frustrated and bored, Elizabeth's drive to learn unfortunately plummeted along with her school performance. Eventually, she dropped out of school altogether.

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