UNESCO closes technology-enabled schools project in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s component of the six-year UNESCO-Huawei Open Schools initiative concluded with a review meeting in Addis Ababa. The project focused on science and English in Grades 9 and 10, reaching about 12,000 students and 250 educators across 24 pilot secondary schools.
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Ethiopia’s component of the six-year UNESCO-Huawei Open Schools initiative concluded with a review meeting in Addis Ababa. The project focused on science and English in Grades 9 and 10, reaching about 12,000 students and 250 educators across 24 pilot secondary schools.
Schools received tablets, laptops, wireless networking equipment and smartboards, while the project also developed online and offline training resources. UNESCO and Ethiopia’s education ministry used the closing event to discuss lessons from the programme and how its results could be sustained.
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UNESCO account: UNESCO closes technology-enabled schools project in Ethiopia
Schools received tablets, laptops, wireless networking equipment and smartboards, while the project also developed online and offline training resources. UNESCO and Ethiopia’s education ministry used the closing event to discuss lessons from the programme and how its results could be sustained.
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- Science and technologySuggested
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- EducationSuggested
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