Gaza's schoolchildren get first taste of interactive learning

A publishing company in the West Bank is introducing e-books and interactive learning to primary school students, which despite the power outages has been a success so far.
A teacher shows a Palestinian schoolgirl how to use a new laptop at a United Nations school in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip April 29, 2010. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) launched a campaign to distribute some 200,000 laptops to UNRWA students in the Gaza Strip, an UNRWA official said. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) - GM1E64T1L8C01
A teacher shows a Palestinian schoolgirl how to use a new laptop at a United Nations school in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, April 29, 2010. - REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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Despite the challenges caused by the ongoing electricity cuts, the education sector in the Gaza Strip is turning more toward interactive learning, mainly through e-books.

One of the companies that has started publishing e-books is Interactive Books and Active Learning (IBAL), which is based in the West Bank and has a team in Gaza. The company employs 43 educators, designers and programmers to develop interactive learning materials for primary school children. These e-books range from mathematics to Arabic language and contain more than 12,000 interactive exercises, Abdullah Mustafa, the company's general manager, said in an interview with the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.

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