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December 27, 2005
Development Agencies Launch Distance Learning in Somalia
The World Bank, the United Nations and the African Virtual University have teamed up to support distance learning using the Internet at six institutions in Somalia according to a report by the Voice of America news service.
The African Virtual University is developing learning material and making it available through interactive teaching to Somali students using the Internet. Additional material such as audio and videotapes are later shipped to the students by the U.N. Development Program (UNDP).
The Somalia distance-learning program was established at the cost of $100 million, a sum 10 times less than the amount required to set up conventional learning facilities in Somalia.
Posted by admin at December 27, 2005 02:57 PM