Mirirai Nsingo, Zimdailyjounal Correspondent
Digital learning is bringing a new dimension to education in rural Zimbabwe, making lessons more interactive, engaging, and accessible to young learners.
At St Michael’s Mambo Primary School in Buhera, south-eastern Zimbabwe, Grade One pupils follow an English vowels lesson projected onto a classroom wall, while their teacher attends to other learning activities.
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For Emily Chagwiza, who has taught at the school for 22 years, the introduction of digital learning tools has made lessons more interesting, boosted pupils’ enthusiasm and attendance, while reducing teachers’workload.
Through the Teacher Effectiveness and Equitable Access for Children (TEACH) programme, the Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, in partnership with UNICEF and with support from the UK Government, provided the school with seven projectors, seven laptops and 20 tablets in February.
The intervention builds on solar power infrastructure installed at the school through UNICEF support in 2023.
For a community where many families depend on subsistence farming and struggle to meet school costs, access to digital learning once seemed a distant dream.
Now, technology is opening up new learning opportunities for rural children.
Watch Emily Chagwiza share how digital learning is changing the classroom experience.
