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Date: 30 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400
Subject: UN TO LAUNCH MOBILE PHONE INITIATIVE TO HELP TEACHERS IMPROVE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS IN NIGERIA
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UN TO LAUNCH MOBILE PHONE INITIATIVE TO HELP TEACHERS IMPROVE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE SKILLS IN NIGERIA
New York, Apr 30 2013 2:00PM
The United Nations educational agency today said it is ready to launch
a pilot project combining mobile technology and teachers' development
to support primary school English teachers in Nigeria, which has one
of the highest illiteracy rates in the world.
In a <"http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/unesco_and_nokia_to_use_mobile_technology_to_improve_education_in_nigeria/">statement
issued in Paris, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) said "English Teacher" is one of the first
attempts to employ mobile technology to improve tools for primary
school teachers.
"Our aim from the beginning was to develop a service that teachers
working in difficult conditions and without a great deal of support
could access quickly," said Steven Vosloo, the project coordinator for
UNESCO. "Mobile technology is a promising avenue and, in some
instances, the only option in terms of technology."
Available to anyone in Nigeria, were nearly all the population is
connected to a mobile network, the service sends teachers educational
content and messages with pedagogical advice once a day. UNESCO said
the system could reach tens of thousands of teachers across the
country.
The project runs 72-weeks from the time the subscriber enlists in the
free membership, and content is divided into one or two week periods
with links to outside resources.
Organized in partnership with the conglomerate Nokia and supported by
the British Council and the National Teachers' Institute of Nigeria,
the project will be introduced to teachers from almost 50 different
schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria on 2 and 3
May.
"We're in Nigeria because this is where we are most urgently needed.
While it would be nice to offer in-person training to teachers, there
are 575,000 primary school teachers in the country and more are needed
to achieve universal primary education," said Mark West, a UNESCO
project officer involved in the training in Abuja.
Some 42 per cent, or roughly 10.5 million primary age children in
Nigeria, are out-of-school, and those girls and boys who do attend are
struggling to learn basic literacy and numeracy, UNESCO said.
"The rapid uptake of mobile technology in Africa has made it realistic
to reach teachers who were, practically speaking, unreachable just a
few years ago. It is exciting work, and we hope the project provides a
model others borrow, emulate and improve upon," Mr. West added.
Initiatives promoting mobile learning have already been spearheaded
across a wide range of countries – including Mozambique, Pakistan,
South Africa, Niger, Kenya, and Mongolia – where policies have already
provided access to distance education in far-flung communities and
improved literacy among girls and women.
Apr 30 2013 2:00PM
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