Afica E-Learning

The introduction of E-Learning in africa seems to be and effective way for children to get education in times of need where alternative ways of teaching would be a risk to the children. Lusaka and Mazabuka in Zambia had to keep schools closed due to a cholera outbreak which suggests that children would just have to go without an education for an uncalculated amount of time until the threat was under control. This could effect their future prospects as the government failed to incorporate alternative means of education and without vital information, exams taken by the children would be harder as their would be gaps in their knowlede of the subjects.

Due to the fact that at the beginning of every raining season Zambia suffers outbreaks of Cholera, the government needs to form some kind of alternative education otherwise the children would suffer from closed schools every year which would drastically effect their education. Taonga Market is a broadcast programme for lower school grades on the radio which play for about 2 hours everyday. This is a good start but the government needs to also focus on the higher grades as they have important examminations and also need these kinds of resources. Proferssor Thomson Sinkala (Chairperson of Zambia e-learning) has suggested that the advancment of technological resources and e-learning could greatly benefit Zambia and help the progression of Zambian children through the education system. He also said that the children would not have to miss their lessons as they could have access to them at the internet cafe or from personal internet connections however, these ICT resources would not be available to all children in Zambia which just strenghens the idea that something need to be done as children cannot get a proper education due to disease.

E-Learning is a good idea but it is pointless to talk about it in places of the world where technology seems to be insufficient. Firstly people must tackle the lack of technological advancement in these countries allowing more resources to become available to them. The rapid advancement of technology in the western world could greatly help support places like Zambia as we discard computers that have become obsolete due to newer models being released, these would help Zambian communities to incorporate e-learning and the internet.