St Kitts & Nevis Partners with Microsoft

2011-01-14 21:01:41 by

Just reported is an alliance between Microsoft and the government of St Kitts & Nevis in an initiative to improve education for island students. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Development Coordinator Christopher Herbert announced that an arrangement has been made to give access to popular programmes such as Microsoft Office, via HP devices to be used in the I-Literacy One-to-One Laptop Project.

The initiative, which will provide laptops to all high school students, was conceived by the government to prepare students to successfully participate in the digital age. This means equal access to technology to foster learning and creativity so as to remain competitive in a globalised world. The laptop computers are scheduled to arrive in St Kitts and Nevis in a few weeks.

As reported by BajanReporter.com, "The ICT Development Coordinator additionally revealed that a two tiered programme is being developed for teachers. The first tier will build the digital literacy of persons who are unfamiliar with the principles of computing while the second will demonstrate integrating the technology-based devices as teaching tools in executing the curriculum."