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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