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Saturday, December 02, 2006
Eager to be 'e-ready' - Ross Sheil, Jamaica Gleaner
According to Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson, parental interest in the project should further spread public interest in the Internet and education. Already the Internet is 'revolutionising' the classroom according to Imani Manning, a 16-year-old student at Kingston High School. What Imani termed her school's "extremely cumbersome" dial-up service was replaced four months ago by free broadband provided by Flow as part of its islandwide education initiative and is scheduled to be equipped by the e-Learning project later this month. "As a student progressing in my schoolwork, the need to access information at a quick and efficient rate is of great importance and this is especially important because I am a fifth-form student preparing for CXC examinations," explained the precocious teenager.
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