Intel, Ministry of Education launches improved Internet-based teaching tools
View(s):Intel Sri Lanka, together with the Ministry of Education, this week launched the new and improved skoool.lk website to Sri Lankan students and teachers.
The official web site of the ‘skoool’ learning and teaching programme now has content from the local syllabus for two important subjects, Science and Mathematics which are now available in Sinhala and Tamil. The Sinhala and Tamil translations were facilitated by the University of Moratuwa. The British Council, which also came onboard this project, have made their ‘Learn English Kids’ web content available on the site as well, according to an Intel media release.
Speaking at the event, Minister of Education, Bandula Gunawardana said, “Having seen how students were able to learn better using skoool.lk in English, we wanted to widen its user base. By providing some important subjects from the local syllabus, Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Mathematics course material in Sinhala and Tamil, students learning in our local languages would also be able to use this. At the same time, the addition of British Council’s English content will help us take English to students in every corner of the island. I would like to thank Intel and British Council for helping us enrich the lives of our future generations.”
The Intel curriculum content programme, ‘skoool’ supports the access of educational content of mathematics and science in across 30 countries with over 5 million users annually. Through collaborations with education ministries, agencies, and expert teachers around the world, skoool delivers relevant, localized, and curriculum-aligned content to students worldwide.
“By providing local syllabus content in English, Sinhala, and Tamil, Intel aims to take this efficient and thorough method to all corners of Sri Lanka bringing together teachers and students and providing them with the tools required to help improve the standard of education in a far more engaging way,” said Indika de Zoysa, Country Business Manager, Intel EM Ltd, Sri Lanka Liaison office.
Launched as a pilot project in November 2007, skoool.lk was deployed with its full content in English in November 2009.
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