Home
Media Centre
News
Feature Stories
Announcements
digitalFIJI
Speeches
English
Vernacular
Fiji Focus
2023
2024
2025
Radio Programs
Cabinet Releases
Directory
Budget
Vacancies
About Fiji
Fijian Constitution
National Development Plan
Public Awareness
Public Holidays
School Terms
Coalition Government Achievements 2023-2024
Media Centre
>
News
>
Introducing e-learning to schools
Introducing e-learning to schools
09/05/2011
This year, the Ministry of Education is embarking on formally introducing E-learning in twelve government schools.
The Government Information Technology Centre will firstly ensure that connectivity to all these schools, as well as training of our teachers, to manage technology related to this new learning mode is addressed.
Every year at least 20 officers from various government ministries, non-government organisations and educational institutions have gone through workshops hosted by other Colombo Plan Staff College (CPSC) member countries.
Fiji is one of the 17 CPSC member countries.
At the opening of the 5-day In-Country workshop organised by the Ministry of Education and the Public Service Commission together with the CPSC of Philippines, 25 participants took part in a ‘learning management system’ (LMS) training that got underway at USP this morning.
The five-day program covers:
Blended learning using face to face and cyber lectures
Hands-on computer sessions
Most Important Learning Yesterday (MILY)
A study visit
Group tasks, project work and presentation
Online exam at the end of the course
Ministry of Education deputy secretary professional, Ms Rokobua Naiyaga said the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to support the creation of dynamic, interactive teaching and learning methods, is becoming more commonly used in our educational institutions.
Ministry of Education deputy secretary professional, Ms Rokobua Naiyaga
“This workshop will provide a venue for education officers, teachers and trainers of various government ministries and technical institutions in Fiji to improve the distribution of their different instructional content,” Ms Naiyaga said.
She said this will be done by converging them into learning management systems and carrying out best practices in developing dynamic learning modules meant to be accessible through computer networks and the internet.
Ms Naiyaga said although they are only in their first phase of development, they are confident of bringing about E-learning in all our secondary schools.
A consultant from the Government of Korea CPSC consultant, Mr Michael Montero is conducting the LMS workshop to assist in this new learning mode.