{"id":44081,"date":"2023-04-12T10:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T10:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?p=44081"},"modified":"2023-04-12T00:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T00:15:32","slug":"betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons","title":{"rendered":"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has praised the government\u2019 for plans to introduce smartphones and Tablets in schools for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka BETUZ General Secretary Henry Sinkala said the move is in line with the digital era which the country is currently undergoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have welcomed the plans that government has to introduce smartphones and gadgets which will allow pupils to learn ICT because we are in the era of change to digital and change must be made and accepted in order to digitalize the country\u201d, said Mr Sinkala. Mr Sinkala added that government is looking into how to secure the gadgets safely at schools to void issues of theft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith such gadgets it is prudent that schools improve the school premises security and guard them jealously because they come with huge amounts and therefore we expect that measures of magnitude are put in place to ensure that they are safeguarded,\u201d said Mr Sinkala.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mr Sinkala applauded teachers for their commitment as the term is coming to an end on April 7th 2023 and encouraged the teachers to continue with the same spirit of commitment for the remaining academic terms.<\/p>\n<p>Education Minister Douglas Siakalima recently announced in Parliament that government is considering the introduction of smart phones and Tablets in schools for Information and Communication Technology (ICT).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has praised the government\u2019 for plans to introduce smartphones and Tablets in schools for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) lessons. Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka BETUZ General Secretary Henry Sinkala said the move is in line with the digital era which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-44081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has praised the government\u2019 for plans to introduce smartphones and ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has praised the government\u2019 for plans to introduce smartphones and ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-12T10:29:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"451\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-12T10:29:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons\",\"name\":\"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons - Zambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-12T10:29:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has praised the government\u2019 for plans to introduce smartphones and ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":451,\"caption\":\"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\",\"name\":\"Zambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons - Zambia","description":"The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has praised the government\u2019 for plans to introduce smartphones and ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons","og_description":"The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has praised the government\u2019 for plans to introduce smartphones and ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons","og_site_name":"Zambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-04-12T10:29:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":451,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons","datePublished":"2023-04-12T10:29:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons"},"wordCount":255,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Zambia","Zambia"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons","name":"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons - Zambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-12T10:29:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) has praised the government\u2019 for plans to introduce smartphones and ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681238129.00.jpg","width":800,"height":451,"caption":"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/betuz-praises-govt-over-introduction-of-smart-phones-tablets-for-ict-lessons#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BETUZ praises govt over introduction of smart phones, tablets for ICT lessons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/","name":"Zambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}