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Schools Drop Outs
Most poor families draw out their children from school, more so in industrial areas and more so for girls. In Der Zour, upper North in Syria, we started to apply our teachers training program to incorporate ICT in educaion. Computers were bought and teachers started to use them in the classroom. When the parents found out, it was noticed that the normal drop out rate for the 5th grade females droped. It seems that the parents, hearing about technology, changed their pattern of habit.
A 2006 World Bank-funded 10-country impact a****sment on World Links programs found that:
• 64% of teachers reported that participation resulted in improved school attendance.
• 77% of students felt that computers in the classroom made them like school much more.
• 55% of out-of-school youth who use WL School-based Telecenters are girls.
Globally, the World Links program reached 3,8 million students. 50% are females at, about 1.8 million as follows:
Region |
Students |
50% Females |
Schools |
Arab Region |
1,071,500 |
500,000 |
1,200 |
Africa |
1,493,900 |
700,000 |
1,032 |
Asia |
423,800 |
200,000 |
423 |
Latin America |
765,200 |
360,000 |
461 |
Southern Europe |
88,900 |
40,000 |
113 |
Total |
3,843,300 |
1,800,000 |
3,229 |
However, ICT is not the only solution, nor remedy. ICT literacy and Merging ICT is just one strata from the entire pyramid, starting with the awareness in communities, building of safe schools, sound policies and support to children's health and well being and safety.
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 16, 2010 at 6:37am
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yes, they need all that is spoken of in the last line and more
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