{"id":25520,"date":"2016-05-23T03:17:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T03:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-and-microsoft-s-partnership-to-transform\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T08:30:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T08:30:40","slug":"rwanda-and-microsoft-s-partnership-to-transform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-and-microsoft-s-partnership-to-transform\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda and Microsoft\u2019s partnership to transform education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwanda has entered into a partnership with a global information technology giant, Microsoft, which will see the country\u2019s learning systems transforming.}<\/p>\n<p>Warren Lafleur, Head of Education West, East &#038; Central Africa at Microsoft , told CNBC Africa, that the choice of country was dependent on a couple of things such as leadership and strategic direction a country was taking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRwanda\u2019s ambitions are aligned very strongly with things we are looking at developing in Africa like developing human capital that has strong ties to economic growth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe in the notion in the mobile-first, cloud-first world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that when it comes to digital devices, the type people used was necessarily the issue, for Microsoft, saying it was the experience the group was trying to promote in improving learning experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearning in Africa needs to be transformed, if you think about the kinds of jobs that coming out in the 21st century, many of them don\u2019t exist as yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you focus on creating access to the school system and rich immersive learning through technology and building capacity between teacher-community experiences that allows self-discovery, you can create a fantastic ecosystem that empowers and transforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nkubito Bakuramutsa, adviser to the Minister of Education weighed in saying Rwanda was building a knowledge based economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of Rwandans being in rural areas, we are pushing in terms of ICT and education, and by 2017 we would have covered the entire country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want schools to be the central part of the community where students are able to learn based on skills, interests and competencies. We are happy to work with a global ICT giant such as Microsoft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bakuramutsa said the IT education sector was a billion dollar business and encouraged small business enterprise to start deploying content and providing support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ministry of education is looking at outsourcing some of the support at district level through partnerships between big corporations and small companies.\u201d \ufeff<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-12393 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/microsoft_.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda and Microsoft\u2019s partnership to transform education. 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