Digicel launches online learning hub to help students pass CSEC/CAPE at first attempt. The Learning Hub was launched in partnership with the Ministry of Education. According to Digicel, primary and secondary school students can use the interactive capabilities of the digital portal to prepare and pass exams.
Subject materials are uploaded to the site and these can be accessed by all Digicel customers. CEO of Digicel Dominica, Nikima Royer Jno-Baptiste said about 9,000 students and 1,500 teachers as well as 18,000 parents can use the website for free.
“The world is going digital and so are we,” Jno-Baptiste said. “Through the platform, teachers and students have access to resources to the primary and secondary school levels tailored for local and regional CAPE curricula. We provide exclusive free access to Learning Hub to Digicel customers with the post-paid or pre-paid mobile plan. This means then, customers with a Digicel mobile data plan can access Learning Hub via their phone without using their data or having to pay anything.”
Primary school pupils can access Mathematics, English Language, Basic Science, and Social Studies. Secondary students can nine subjects which include Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Principles of Business among others. The digital platform also makes it possible for users utilize interactive videos, quizzes, mock tests and exams, as well as reach online tutors via a chatroom for grading, homeworks and overall performance.
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, Chandler Hyacinth, said 60 teachers have utilized Learning Hub within the past two days. She said the platform is a marriage of digital technology with education where students can make use of academic technology to access quality education.
“The learning hub online is one of the many new technologies to be introduced into our schools and we expect it to impact on our teaching and learning,” Hyacinth said. “Over the past last two days sixty teachers were exposed to the platform. We want to encourage our teachers to get there fellow staff members excited about technology and use technology in teaching and learning.”
According to the permanent secretary, 1,000 refurbished Chrome-books will soon be delivered to the country so that classrooms can be fitted with digital devices for academic purposes. The Chrome-books will be distributed island-wide with electronic whiteboards, e-textbooks, and laptops also given to teachers and students by the Ministry of Education.
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