Teachers Media International (TMI), a global provider of online professional development services for the education sector, today announced an agreement with SES to launch an e-learning pilot project in Liberia through an incubator program for education.

 

The scheme will use a satellite connection to deliver TMI's educational resources to improve teacher competency. An assessment of what the e-learning scheme should include and how it should be delivered will be carried out before the plan is implemented, with SES Broadband Services delivering the satellite Internet required. The project will be partly funded by BizClim through the incubator program and will add to SES's proven track record of providing broadband access for education in Africa.

 

Angela Ney, Founder and Head of International Business Development, TMI, said: "With broadband connectivity TMI is now able to reach rural Liberian schools and provide sustainable Ambassador Teacher and Literacy Support Programs, which can actually be replicated throughout Sub-Saharan Africa."

 

With e-learning, teachers are able to acquire knowledge, learn how to process information and collaborate. It also imparts ICT skills to teachers in primary and secondary schools, as well as enhancing the quality of students' results by connecting teachers to training programs.

 

"The project with TMI is a concrete example of the e-learning projects that we want to lead in Africa," said Christine Leurquin, VP, Institutional Relations, SES. "In addition, we recommend that the African Government identify and immediately deploy major e-school pilot projects in two to three African countries."

 

The partnership follows recommendations made during the fifth EU-Africa Business Forum, which aimed to engage the private sector in sustainable and inclusive growth, with education among a variety of topics covered during the two-day event which took place in Brussels on Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1.