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Minister Hamilton said currently, BIT offers many skills training programmes that are accessible to citizens countrywide.
He said these programmes were mostly centred on the coastland and its environs, and were not available to persons elsewhere. This, he noted, changed when the PPP/C Administration assumed office in
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August 2020 to ensure the programmes are more inclusive, and accessible to all citizens. “BIT is available in every region and sub-region of this country. Every hinterland region, river, every creek, and so the expansion you talk about has already happened…the expansion started in August 2020” he relayed. classrooms.
In relation to training, Minister Hamilton highlighted that some 5,600 persons graduated from BIT programmes in 2022.
He said government remains committed to providing the necessary support for persons to be employed or become entrepreneurs.
Some 40 persons are being trained in Region Ten for the heavy-duty operator programme. This year, BIT intends to train almost 8,000 persons countrywide.
The smart classroom will not only enhance the way teachers deliver their instructions but also how students learn since there are unlimited possibilities.
Although lessons can be recorded in advance and viewed later, the objective of smart classrooms is to offer a setting that encourages greater teacher-student interaction.
The smart classrooms are equipped with an interactive board, audio system, smart cameras, a wireless television for remote access, and motion and voice-activated cameras complete with a face recognition feature.
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Over the last two years, the government has established smart classrooms at President’s College, Queen’s College, Leonora, Moraikobai, Christianburg, Charity, New Amsterdam, Brickdam and East Ruimveldt Secondary schools and St Stanislaus College.
The second smart classroom was launched at Queen’s College in 2021 while the first was commissioned in 2014 at North Ruimveldt Secondary.
Another is located at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD).
