The Project
Access to knowledge is central to development in general, and
that insufficient access to knowledge is a major cause of
prevalence of socio-economic differences and poverty in many
countries in particular.
The project goal is to improve sharing of knowledge between
developed and less-developed areas in China and similarly in
the other target countries through distance learning and
services networks. In particular, the objective is to share
the experiences of the Tsinghua University’s “Education Aiding
the Poor (EAP)” project, as well as those of similar networks
in other countries.
The EAP network was set-up three years ago by the School of
Continuing Education at Tsinghua University, connecting the
modern teaching centres. The Tsinghua University was the
earliest to open a modern distance learning academy in China.
The distance learning initiative was received well and brought
attention and support from international community and is
considered to be one of “good practices.”The Conference
- Beijing, 26-28 June 2005
This conference focused on spreading knowledge in
poverty-stricken rural areas through modern information and communications technology
(ICT), and its applications, particularly e-learning.
The Content of Conference
Reports was prepared on the case-studies <Tsinghua
University Education Aiding the Poor Project through
E-learning> and <The Network Spread of Information and
Knowledge: developed areas aiding under-developed areas to
achieve overall economic and social development >, and a paper
on distance learning for poverty reduction in regional
perspective.
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