Education: Tablets revolutionise learning in Chad
By Mila Kimbuini Malonga M., Regional Digital and Content Manager
More than 200 children benefited from the tablet-based digital learning programme: From September to December 2023 and the experience is about to be renewed.
In Chad, the Can't Wait To Learn (CWTL) programme, which translates into French as 'J'ai hâte d'apprendre' (I can't wait to learn), has captured the curiosity and enthusiasm of children. Every day, hundreds of them flocked to the Moulkou Leisure Centre in AP Ba-illi to use the tablets,' says Bame Menkamla, Education Technical Programme Manager at World Vision Chad.
‘For this first phase, we counted 111 boys and 93 girls in CE1 class (7 years old) from 4 schools as direct beneficiaries, as well as more than 2,000 adults who were made aware of the programme before it was implemented in the Moulkou area’, explained Bame Menkamla.
The aim of the World Vision Chad programme is to strengthen the mathematical skills of children in primary schools. It was funded by War Child Alliance and World Vision Germany to the tune of €27,450. The impact of the programme on the children was obvious,' says the Education Manager.
" Firstly, the children's progress in the games was monitored, but we also received feedback from the teachers, as Sister Alice Mounezero, a CE2 class teacher, testified to Bame Menkamla: the majority of the children in her class understood the maths lessons because many of them had participated in CWTL activities at the leisure centre".
I am impressed to see that most of the children can count from 1 to 500. I encourage them to continue,' the teacher told World Vision Chad.
During her visit to the Moulkou Leisure Centre, the representative of the Germany Support Office, Léonore Heldman, was amazed to see the children using the tablets with such ease, which encouraged her to provide additional funding for the next phase.
Flooding has delayed the start of the second phase of the CWTL programme. This was due to start in October 2024. Unfortunately, many schools remained closed until December. Implementation will finally begin in January.
The next phase will take place in the schools and community centres of Moulkou and Benoye, with funding of $73,644 from War Child Alliance, World Vision Germany and World Vision Canada. It will target 1,440 children in the elementary grades (CE1 & CE2) in the schools and CP2 and CM1 in the community centres.