KRISTINA LUSI

Indonesia, April 1, 2014 – Cargill is embarking on a landmark move to bring higher education to West Kalimantan through a distance learning program, as part of its push to provide access to education to rural areas. Cargill will be working with Yayasan Harapan Masa Depan Cerah (YHMDC) – ‘Hope For A Bright Future Foundation’ and Universitas Terbuka (UT) to allow a total of 58 primary school teachers to undertake their Bachelor in Education degrees at the Cargill Tropical Palm (CTP) Learning Academy in Manis Mata. Of the 58 teachers, 25 are employees of YHMDC receiving full scholarships from the foundation. These teachers were selected for their outstanding performance as well as for their demonstrated commitment towards self-improvement, their passion for impacting the lives of the young in the community and their desire to develop their teaching capabilities. Cargill is contributing more than IDR531 million (US$46,733) towards these scholarships through its oil palm pla...

ICTs stand for information and communication technologies and are defined, for the purposes, as a “diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information.” These technologies include computers, the Internet, broad casting technologies (radio and television), and telephony.

                                            In the context of growing demand of ICTs in everyday life and current government's Digital Bangladesh agenda, UNESCO has been providing support to GOB and NGOs to adopt ICTs as innovative approach to education. Recognizing the strength of digital media, teaching learning materials have been developed using ICTs (multimedia CD/DVD, animation and audio/video). UNESCO has also conducted a study on use of ICTs in literacy/NFE programmes in Bangladesh; and shared experiences of other countries in the Asia-Pacific. Based on the expert recommendations, UNESCO developed 30-episode TV programme to promote adult literacy that has been broadcasted to Bangladesh Television. UNESCO has also contributed in capacity building of teac...