Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Coming of Computer Lab and Internet in Logchina LSS after 25 Years

According to Crede and Mansell(1998), ICTs are crucially important for sustainable development in developing countries. Until other bio technology, energy or major technological breakthrough in the area of new materials happens this ICT will continue to have great impact to the human lives.  We can feel the expand of human capacity, build up, nourishment and liberation by getting ourselves access to tools and technologies with the education and training to use effectively. 
On 24th May 2017, Logchina Lower Secondary School, Chhukha, the school I work for is connected by radio internet facility with speed of 1Mbps with the help of Bhutan Telecom Ltd.  In fact it was so beautiful to see internet equipment after 25 years of school establishment. No wonder the community was cut off from all modern amenities like road, electricity, mobile and internet until recent years. Ministry of Education urges all schools throughout Bhutan should build by 2024, an information society in which every teacher, student and office has secured, affordable and reliable access to the use of computers and telecommunication media.   Therefore development and installation of such facility improves the quality of teaching and learning process. When they finished installing the facilities immediately every teacher were talking about ways to development materials and improve teaching strategies in their own classroom using internet. We were all thoroughly engaged with our own mobile phones when internet wireless was set for test. Some even thanks Bhutan telecom personnel for their service. That was the climax of our much awaited facility in remote schools. Teachers now feel the pinch of relaxation with the development of teaching materials which was indeed very challenging without internet
Use of computers are now commonly put to writing letters, and reports, printing teaching Learning materials(TLM) , news papers, and magazine, drawing pictures and diagrams, mathematics , music and video etc…  by our students and it’s an opening for remote schools into the world of technology. With internet connection students can easily find solution to problems, information exchange and do educational research without actually getting physical contact. Though our students here are not use to internet and computer. We see their faces with lots of energy and enthusiasm to get involved into ICT world immediately. These two days of internet installation was like a local festival for our students. They are all looking around observing each and every move of the teachers in the computer Lab. 
  Thanks to Royal government of Bhutan. 

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