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| Gadgets to replace textbooks in Bangladesh |
| 2014-01-24 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] School students will soon be entering classrooms with special smart-devices instead of heavy backpacks, what the information ministry said on Thursday. The device will be wi-fi enabled and will facilitate connections between teachers and students, simplifying many paperwork-related troubles. Already, all books of the first graders under the national education and textbook curriculum has been converted to multimedia for use in these devices. The project will be undertaken jointly by Ministry for Information and Technology and mobile phone company Symphony, an information ministry handout said. All other textbooks will soon be converted to this format, the handout said. A meeting to the development of this project was held at the secretariat in participation of secretary for information and technology NI Khan and Symphony Sales Director Rezwanul Haque and other officials. Smart Start is said to be partnering in the project as a content partner. The device will facilitate teachers to take special care of students from home and in limited time. This will also save the immense cost to print textbooks. The applications of the smart devices is expected to draw enthusiasm from children with the use of animations, sounds and technology. |
| Posted by:Fred |