MICRO-LEARNING, that takes the CXC syllabus and transfers it into small modules that can then be used on an Information Communication Technology (ICT) platform, will be introduced in the national school system.

The Roraima Learning Trust is set to launch the project, its Chief Executive Officer, Kojo Parris said during an interview on the National Communications Network Monday. Mr Parris is also Guyana’s Honorary Consul to South Africa and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds.
The pilot project is expected to be launched this week and will run until next June. Seven secondary schools will participate, with a total of 150 fourth formers. The initial subject areas are Mathematics and Chemistry.
Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam welcomed the project and expressed the hope that it would indeed help to push the standard of education in Guyana even higher. He stated that with the advance of ICT, it is only fitting that the learning process be continued in that format.
He reiterated the ministry’s commitment to aid in the development and advancement of the school system and its focus on ensuring that students excel in their academics.
Parris explained that the focus would be to have learners access the programme on their cell phones, smart phones or their laptops, in order to increase the rate at which they are taught in school.
He gave the assurance that the system is meant to run parallel to the existing system and will not replace what is done in the classroom; but at the same time, it frees up teacher time.
“Teachers won’t have to spend so much time now on their questions and the invigilation process, but can use that time to help children in other areas,” he said.
Parris is hopeful that the micro-learning system can help reduce the cost of education and more importantly, help teachers to have a deep and very rich data base on information on the performance of students.
The Education Ministry has implemented over time several methods aimed at improving student performance in Mathematics and English, including a five-month pilot project launched last December.
The project which targeted Fifth Form students from secondary schools in Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, provides students and teachers with teaching and learning resources, inclusive of calculators, text books, solutions for Mathematics and English, learning DVDs and teaching guides.