Telecom delegation to tour rural school

Mthabisi Tshuma, Sunday News Reporter

A high powered delegation from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is expected next Saturday to tour Ndlovu Secondary School in rural Victoria Falls.

The e-learning project tour is aimed at appraising the international community on the strides Zimbabwe has made to bridge the digital divide between rural and urban education. The tour also seeks to expose and enhance the need of expansion of technology to rural areas.

The ITU delegation is expected to be led by ITU director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) Dr Cosmas Zavazava. Dr Zavazava who is a Zimbabwean by nationality is in charge of the development arm of the ITU, which facilitates development projects in developing countries, small island developing states and underdeveloped areas of the world.

In an interview from Victoria Falls yesterday, Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Deputy Minister, Dingimuzi Phuti said the tour will show that the Second Republic led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is working flat out to ensure the digital gap is addressed.

“Basically Zimbabwe’s ITU membership is beginning to gain a lot of traction as benefits are being realised through recognition of ICT programmes that the country through the Ministry and ICT sector players are embarking on. The appreciation of schools lab programme by ITU through this visit is a challenge to accelerate the programme across all rural schools with a bias to benefit the girl child,” said Deputy Minister Phuti.
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