The Story Workshop Public Trust director Peter Pangani has urged teachers in Karonga District to embrace technology to promote teaching and learning skills in schools.
He said this on Monday after interacting with student teachers at Karonga Teacher Training College (TTC).
Pangani said time has come for teachers to go digital and offer lessons even when classes are disrupted due to outbreaks or natural disasters.
He said: “If teachers start using digital technology platforms to teach, it can also be used to reach to as many learners as possible during natural disasters such as Covid-19, cholera outbreak and cyclones.
“Currently, we have established radio listening clubs in eight TTCs of Karonga, Kasungu, Lilongwe, St. Joseph’s, Blantyre, Machinga, Phalombe and Chiradzulu as well as their demonstration primary schools to target student teachers.”
Karonga TTC Radio Listener’s Club chairperson Ellen Chirwa commended the Story Workshop for the initiative.
She said people are now living in a global village where information and communications technology (ICT) skills are crucial for many purposes.
“We will use the skills we have acquired to deliver lessons to learners. We will also share the skills with fellow teachers,” said Chirwa.
On his part, Karonga TTC acting head of education foundation studies Alstarico Mbizi said as adepartment that looks at mobilisation and use of ICT materials for learning and teaching at the college, they welcomed the initiative.
“Already, the school has 60 iPads and the coming in of the project will just complement this to help student teachers to hone ICT skills,” he said.
With funding from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development through GIZ, the Story Workshop is implementing Maphunziro Ulalo Wathu Phase Four in eight TTCs.
