RWANDAN officials were especially interested in wiring primary and secondary schools, seeing information technology as crucial to modernizing the country's rural economy.
Mr. Ismaili said that, when he attended, students in the school's information technology course had little or no access to a computer.
She said Mr. McCaskill said he had notified the school's information technology expert, who then contacted its Internet service provider.
Teachers who understand computing is another: only 45% of primary school teachers and 36% in secondary schools have had information technology training in the past two years.
Broward College, which has 67,000 students, is offering the low-cost baccalaureate in its four smallest bachelor's programs — middle-school math education, middle-school science education, information technology, and global trade and logistics — and seeking a total of 80 students.
Educomp, which is based in New Delhi, makes classroom plans, trains teachers, audits schools and sells information technology plans to computerize classrooms.
"Now they've got shortage subjects they can't cover, we've lost staff to local schools in maths, information technology, science and English," says Kevin Finnegan, principal of Orpington College, Kent.
Actions that have been successful for many organizations to overcome the digital divide include contributing funds or equipment to local and regional programs and providing internships for local schools that have information technology programs.
Many returned to school to study information technology, and at least one went to medical school.
Joseph Campbell, hired four years ago as the school system's information technology coordinator, has taken a similar job in the Brookfield school system.
