Jordan Telecom (JT) is to leverage the country's new high speed data network to build Internet access in Jordan's schools and universities, Jordan Times reported Thursday.
JT Chairman Shabib Ammari was quoted by the daily as saying "we are very aware that, as the new network builds out for national coverage, we need to focus on high speed access for education as a priority. The government is moving on a number of educational technology initiatives, and we are committed to supporting that process.”
For its part, Jordan's ministry of education has finalized a national syllabus for secondary IT education, and has set IT courses as a compulsory subject for the national `Tawjihi' passing-out examination.
Meanwhile, the ministry has on its agenda an intensive program to train teachers in IT skills and to equip schools with personal computers and Internet access, said the paper.
“We are talking to the educational sector right now, working out how we can best ensure early and effective implementation of 512 Kbit and 1 Mbit Speed Line services to schools and universities to support their requirements,” Jordan Telecom chief technology officer Jean-Louis Vareille, in a press statement -- Albawaba.com
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