KIE launches EdQual ICT for basic education

Kigali Insititute of Education (KIE) has launched a new research programme for implementing good quality of education in the country.  < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The research programme named EdQual ICT will especially use for basic education of Science and Mathematics. About 200 educators will discuss the use of ICT in the teaching of Science and Mathematics. The programme is facilitated by four professors of < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />UK, Chile, South Africa and Rwanda. This is first kind of education programme in Rwanda with the use of ICT. The purpose of Edqual is to generate and promote new knowledge which will improve education quality for the poorest people in the world and raise gender equity. The five year research programme is aimed for designing initiatives, which can be implemented realistically a large scale in sub-Saharan Africa and other low developed countries.