Boost for Remote Learning

Mobetrain, a mobile computerized education and communication unit, mounted on customised container trucks was on Thursday launched in Accra.

The unit, launched by the Deputy Minister of Communication and Technology, Mr. John Achuliwor, is designed to provide a versatile multipurpose electronic learning (e-learning) opportunity and environment without terminal or network constraints.

The Mobetrain built by 2a Communication, an Information Technology (IT) company, will help students and communities to receive tele-education and remote learning. The van can take about twenty people at a time.

Mr. Achuliwor said his Ministry would pursue the necessary policies and programmes that would enable ICT to be taught in every corner of the country.

He however said, "while the Ministry is taking account of the advantages of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education it is also seeking to minimize the life of becoming overly dependent on imported training materials that cannot be customized to better condition."

He said the prospects for a rapid transformation of the nation's fortune would be greater if we can introduce our schools to the use of ICT and also emphasise the training in the curriculum of the schools.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of 2a Communications, Mr. William Asante described the project as a unique and innovative example of an electronic resource centre that addresses technology issues.