{"id":10877,"date":"2019-08-21T10:37:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T07:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=10877"},"modified":"2019-08-21T10:37:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T07:37:53","slug":"bridging-the-illiteracy-gap-minister-bahati-donates-over-40-computers-in-kabale-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/21\/bridging-the-illiteracy-gap-minister-bahati-donates-over-40-computers-in-kabale-district\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIDGING THE ILLITERACY GAP: Minister Bahati Donates Over 40 Computers in Kabale District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the years, many people\nincluding politicians have joined the fight to bridge the illiteracy gap by\ncontributing to the struggle in many ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last weekend, Ndorwa West\nMP David Bahati who is also the state minister of Finance, planning and urban\ndevelopment on his visit to Kabale district visited some schools leaving students\nand teachers happy alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MP David was in Kabale to\nmonitor progress on rehabilitation of roads, extension of water, and\nelectricity and also to visit churches, social groups, and rural schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting Rubaya Secondary\nSchool in Ndorwa west, students, local leaders, and teachers were very excited\nto receive the Minister and local government officials who came bearing gifts\nof technological advancement in the education sector of the rural school in the\narea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While giving out 5\ncomputers to the school, MP Bahati emphasized that technological advancement is\ntaking over and no one should be left out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe future of our\nstudents, country and Africa lies in the proper usage of these machines,\u201d\nBahati said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also added that\ntechnology is very important and that the integration of ICT in different\nsubjects across the curriculum would encourage emphasis on application of\nconcepts taught in class to daily life application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTechnology is important.\nIt is changing the way we do business and educate our children. Every school,\nwherever it is must embrace technology,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The addition of the five\ncomputers comes at a time when he has already made a donation of 40 computers\nearly this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister Bahati went ahead\nto pledge that he would pay for the Internet connection of these computers for\na year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will meet the cost of\ninternet connection for these computers for a whole year. The computers will\nhelp teachers in research. All the information you need for your learning is on\nGoogle,\u201d says Bahati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These efforts by Minister\nBahati are aimed at bridging the illiteracy gap especially in Ndorwa West. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hon Bahati had earlier donated 200 bags of cement that has been used to construct the girl\u2019s dormitory, Kitchen and Staff offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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