VENTURES AFRICA –
Software giant Microsoft, has announced 18 educators from Nigeria, Ghana,
Mauritius, South Africa, Egypt, Lesotho, Uganda, Morocco and a few other
Middle East countries as representatives to the Partners in Learning Global
Forum which is to take place in Prague, Czech Republic from November
28 to December 1 2012.
The Microsoft
programme which was established to catalyze innovations in schools, had a
distinguished panel of regional judges to evaluate 90 educator projects, out of
which 31 projects were shortlisted, with 16 handled by the 18 educators,
emerging as eventual winners.
The 18 educators
were selected for enhancing student success through innovative use of technology in
the classroom.
One of the
awarded teachers at the forum, Ayodele Odeogbola, said: “As educators, we take
great pride and joy in watching our students improve their academic
performance and go on to take active roles in society. To enable that progress,
it is important for us to keep up with the latest teaching methods and tools,
and give students the confidence to use these 21st Century
skills.”
The
Abeokuta Grammar School (Nigeria) teacher, added: “The Partners in
Learning Forum gives educators a unique opportunity to come together and
celebrate our successes, and learn new approaches and methods from our
colleagues. I’m excited to go back to Nigeria and share these experiences with
my colleagues and students.”
“Every year it is
inspiring to see how these incredibly passionate educators embrace technology,
helping to transform learning in their classrooms and education in their local
communities. After all, ICT is an essential tool for quality education, and
quality education ultimately leads to a better future for students and their
countries, “said Khalil Abdel Massih, Partners in Learning Manager, Microsoft
Middle East and Africa.
Partners in
Learning are a 10-year, nearly $500 million commitment by Microsoft to help
education systems around the world. Since its inception in 2003, the Partners
in Learning program
has reached more than 196 million educators and students in 119 countries.
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