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In this time of pandemic, it is important to emphasize that there has been a slowdown in macroeconomic development worldwide. In terms of productivity, this particularity was verified, but going deeper we will see that countries that have a high level of technology literacy managed to continue (even if at half speed) their horizon of objectives. The companies that suffered the most are those that, in terms of executing processes and procedures, require even the lowest level of people. on-site visit.The education sector, which is a very sensitive fringe in our country, was not left out where few academic institutions were able to efficiently carry out classes, certifications and monitoring of the student body and many parents felt overwhelmed by the associated costs, for trying to maintain the student path by resorting to private classes. Children living in rural areas are the ones who most experienced such an impact, due to the already exclusion from political integration and difficulties experienced in this environment (access to energy, internet, etc.). But how are we going to be effective in distance learning with technological illiteracy and a deficit of computer equipment end-to-end(teacher-students) where internet access is scarce?
Case to say that COVID-19 established in the eyes of the government the notoriety of 4ª Industrial Revolution, where this chapter of the pandemic could serve as leverage and motivation for massification of the e-learning in Angola, projecting the country to a dimension where ICTs can support the sector.
Imagine an area of difficult access where a significant number of children have to travel kilometers to reach the educational institution, and there is also a lack of mobility on the part of the teaching staff, a visible solution to this scenario where we can be helped with the tools that TIC's can provide, it could be the creation of a broadband access point (via satellite transmission) as it happens in the project led by NEXT in Uganda that has been installing satellite-powered broadband in rural African schools with an initiative called iknowledge, thus enabling information and innovation closer to the rural perimeter, impacting in a magnanimous way.
Upon return, the Government should create follow-up policies for children who could not adhere to distance learning, as well as recognize that digital literacy, access to the internet has become an essential tool to combat asymmetries in the educational situation, and the government may entice companies linked to ICT'S to embrace and contribute to this mass expansion by offering, for example, customs exemptions or any other type of incentive, since the cost-effectiveness for these companies may not be advantageous.
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