Zim rated average on access to e-learning

BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA
ZIMBABWE has been adjudged as average in terms of access to e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said in its latest New Remote Learning Readiness Index.

Government rolled out e-learning, radio and TV-broadcast lessons following the closure of schools as a COVID-19 preventive measure.

However, the digital divide as seen in lack of e-learning tools, high cost of data, lack of telecommunications coverage among others resulted in learners from poor and marginalised backgrounds not benefiting.

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