Morocco readies to equip schools with NTI
Morocco, Education, 10/31/2002

A convention on the set up of multimedia centers in some Moroccan schools was signed in Rabat Tuesday between the country's state secretariat in charge of posts, technologies and telecommunication and information technologies and the ministry of education.

By virtue of the convention, the ministry of education will be provided with 100 computers and 30 printers, to enhance the schools' multimedia equipment.

The computers and printers were acquired during the preparations for the 16th plenipotentiary conference of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), held in Marrakesh September 23-October 18.

The use of new technologies in the fields of education and training is a national ambition Morocco, which will boost the number of internet users in Morocco, which is currently very low, with less than 2% of the population (500,000 users).

The objective is to attain 5 million users before the next ITU plenipotentiary conference (every four years).

The secretary general of the ministry of education lauded the initiative, and called for the set up of the two funds to bridge up the digital gap at the national level: the "Fund of Universal Service" and the "Fund of Training and Research."

National telecom operators will earmark 1% of their sales for the set up of the funds aiming to generalize information and communication techniques in schools, finance training sessions in the field and to give citizens access to information and communication technologies.

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