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ICT skills the Fourth 'R'

by admin — published Mar 05, 2011 07:32 PM, last modified Mar 05, 2011 07:32 PM

Baroness Blackstone, Education and Employment Minister, in her speech to Commonwealth Education Ministers in Gaborone, Botswana on 29th July 1997 stated that the development of children's ICT skills were the Fourth R, a basic skill as important as literacy and numeracy At school level initiatives such as NGfL and for the general populace the improvement of ICT skills was covered by the University for Industry

When	Jul 29, 1997
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