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[Abi]

Tablet PCs and smart boards were delivered to 52 schools in 17 provinces. (Photo: AA)

A new project, titled the Movement to Increase Opportunities and Technology (FATİH), which seeks to integrate state-of-the-art computer technology into Turkey's public education system, was inaugurated on Monday in a ceremony held at an Ankara school.

FATİH marks the beginning of a new era of information technology in Turkish education, said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who attended the ceremony. The inauguration ceremony took place on the first day of the second term of the 2011-2012 academic year. The pilot phase of the project -- which many educators praise, saying it will revolutionize the public school system -- was launched with the delivery of tablet PCs and smart boards to 52 schools across Turkey. The inauguration ceremony launching the pilot phase of the project was held at Sabahattin Zaim High School in Ankara. Education Minister Ömer Dinçer and Transport and Communications Minister Binali Yıldırım were also in attendance...........

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-270656-turkey-launches-ambitious-fatih-project-in-public-education.html

[sunny]

Sounds like a good project for opening the children to the wider world.

[swabs]

I think that is great news, most of the school in england are doing the same and i hear it is very beneficial to the students xx

[sunny]

I just hope that the teachers have been trained so that they are able to use the PCs to their full potential.