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Bridging the digital divide in China
BT is investing half a million pounds to help improve access and quality of education in remote and rural areas in China.
This follows the launch of a joint initiative with UNICEF - Inspiring Young Minds China - which will bring modern technology to schools in poor rural areas of China to improve access to high quality education.
Computers, internet access, multimedia projectors and other educational materials will be provided in up to 40 rural schools that are under resourced and have severely limited access to modern teaching aids and equipment. The initiative aims to help children in these schools gain access to this technology for the first time.
BT's investment will benefit up to 6,000 students and 1,700 teachers across four provinces - Qinghai, Ningxia, Yunnan and Jiangxi - where there are high-levels of digital exclusion.
Inspiring Young Minds China is the third phase of BT and UNICEF's Inspiring Young Minds programme, a £1.5 million global development partnership designed to bring education, technology and communication skills to children from disadvantaged backgrounds in South Africa, Brazil and China.
Activities supported by BT will include establishing an online learning community to enable teachers to explore information from the internet, to learn from each other and to share teaching resources.
Training in computer skills and how to develop innovative teaching methods using information technology will be provided to 40 per cent of teachers in project schools.