KHOROG, April 14, 2010, Asia-Plus — 20 schools are expected to have been connected to Internet by the new school year, the GABO education directorate head Gahribsho Gharibshoyev said.
According to him, six schools in Khorog and two in each of seven districts of the region that have appropriate technical conditions have been selected to be connected to Internet. “In Khorog, schools can be connected to Internet through one of two Internet providers functioning in the city — Telecom Technology or Tojik Telecom, while in the districts, schools can be connected to Internet only through Tojik Telecom,” Gharibshoyev said.
According to the GBAO education directorate, all high schools functioning in Gorno Badakhshan have computer classes. In all, 1,662 computers and 264 printers have been installed at high schools in the region to this day. The school computer access rate in Gorno Badakhshan is now 16 students per one computer.
