Africa-Press – Mauritius. The Early Digital Learning Programme (EDLP) essentially aims at bridging the digital divide to introduce and familiarise every child of the Republic to the use of technology, so that he is equipped with the necessary skills for the jobs of the future and to adapt and evolve in the ever-changing environment.
The Acting Prime Minister, Mrs Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, made this statement this morning, during her address at a visibility event in relation to the EDLP, held at the Petit Verger Government School, St Pierre.
Four school inspectors who followed a training to oversee the implementation of the EDLP in primary schools, received each a certificate of attendance.
In her address, Mrs Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun highlighted that today’s event marks a major step in the completion of one of the major projects being implemented in context of the ongoing educational reform.
She recalled that the reform revolves around three key fundamental principles, namely providing high quality education, ensuring inclusiveness and promoting equity for all.
Our objective, she emphasised, is to ensure through quality education, that every learner is able to have a wholesome development along with academic success, so that he grows into a responsible of citizen that is capable of contributing to the development of the country.
Furthermore, the Acting Prime Minister stressed that the reformed education system now caters for the integral development of learners by promoting the inculcation of both cognitive and soft skills including collaborative, problem solving and critical thinking skills, which she underpinned as essential to be able to adapt to the uncertainties of the future.
Speaking about the EDLP, Mrs Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun underlined that the project seeks to promote an early culture of IT use and develop digital skills that are relevant to the digital era and technological world, and brings a spirit of equity by enabling access to digital devices to all learners at school level.
Thus, each child of the Republic will have equal access and exposure to the use of technology and will be prepared with versatile skills, she observed.
On that score, the Acting PM expressed gratitude to the Government of India for supporting Mauritius in the undertaking of the project, through provision of both financial and technical support. Besides, she reassured that educators will be provided with continuous professional development as regards the use of the devices in classes.
Also present on the occasion, the Deputy High Commissioner of the Republic of India to Mauritius, Mr Vimarsh Aryan, congratulated Mrs Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun for her visionary leadership in improving the education system of Mauritius.
He qualified the project as a watershed moment for the country for it will change the course of its education system, by bridging the digital divide and bringing accessibility to technology to all learners.
Moreover, Mr Vimarsh Aryan recalled that the education sector remains a key partnership area between India and Mauritius, adding that education as the most important pillar of change in the journey of any country on its path of progress.
The Early Digital Learning Programme The EDLP is a friendship project between the Government of Mauritius and the Government of India, under the Nine-Year Continuous Basic Education reform. The EDLP aims at the integration of digital technology at the primary education level to promote an early culture of IT use.
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