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Authorities plans to equip all public secondary colleges with computer systems as a method of selling digital transformation and efficient educating within the nation, ICT minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi mentioned on Friday.
Dr Baryomunsi was officiating on the launch of a multi-million neighborhood digital heart established by the American Tower Company (ATC) – Uganda in partnership with authorities at San Giovanni College-Makiro in Kanungu District.
“We’re grateful to ATC-Uganda for its efforts of building a digital neighborhood heart at San Giovanni College to supply ICT abilities to the scholars and neighborhood members,” Dr Baryomunsi noticed.
The minister highlighted that though ATC-Uganda is well-known for establishing community towers, their function in establishing ICT facilities within the nation is welcome.
“As authorities, we’re grateful to ATC-Uganda and shall proceed working with them for functions of digital transformation in our nation. I enchantment to the scholars to correctly make the most of the established digital neighborhood heart to excel of their teachers,” he emphasised,
He added: “I additionally encourage the neighborhood members to enroll and purchase digital abilities.”
Dr Baryomunsi revealed that authorities has additionally established a cell ICT truck traversing Kanungu District whereas coaching individuals on digital applied sciences.
Additional, he promised to foyer funds for the completion of infrastructure at San Giovanni College in a bid to reinforce studying processes.
ATC-Uganda Chief Govt Officer Dorothy Kabagambe Ssemanda, along with ATC-Uganda head of asset administration Sheila Mugisha, revealed that they’ve established 42 digital neighborhood facilities within the nation (together with the one at San Giovanni College).
“These digital neighborhood facilities are outfitted with fashionable computer systems, expertise gear and free community to be used by all of the individuals within the space. We will recruit a tutor that may practice the coach of trainees to make sure the correct use of those facilities,” Ssemanda famous.
ATC-Uganda appealed to lots to all the time shield their firm’s community towers in several components of the nation.
San Giovanni College head trainer Denis Tukamushaba appealed to authorities to think about extending monetary help to enhance college infrastructure.
“Ever since this college was established 40 years in the past, it has by no means benefited from any authorities program on enhancing its infrastructure. We’re grateful to Dr Baryomunsi as a result of within the final 6-months some enchancment has been registered,” he famous.
ICT minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi gestures as he commissions a digital neighborhood heart at San Giovanni College-Makiro in Kanungu District on September 27, 2024. PHOTO/ROBERT MUHEREZA.
In keeping with him, ATC-Uganda has renovated the classroom block which homes the digital neighborhood heart due to Dr Baryomunsi’s interventions.
“Now that the federal government has accepted our proposal of introducing vocational coaching, we enchantment for extra help,” Tumukashaba concluded.
Nermeen Nabil Khear