Project UpdatesEDC trains Yemeni high school teachers on classroom uses of the Internet.

EDC trains Yemeni high school teachers on classroom uses of the Internet. dot-EDU web site. Online October 2005. Yemen is one of the least developed countries in the Arab world, a society where literacy rates for girls and women run as low as 30%, while poverty rates are correspondingly high. In a bold pilot project that began in September 2004 Yemeni high schools are being wired to the Internet for the first time. Through support from USAID, EDC and its partners iEARN and World Links are training teachers to use the new technology as well as conduct research on the impact of the initiative, notably on the experience of girls. …