Micro-learning project designed to increase rate at which children learn facts

Students of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School are seen listening to Kojo Parris who is partly hidden.

Since Kojo Parris was the beneficiary of a sound education, he wanted to create an avenue to help students achieve this as well, and so together with likeminded persons he has created the Roraima Learning Trust (RLT). This is based on the micro-learning philosophy, a platform adopted from the Knowledge Pulse (KP), offered by the University of Salzburg.
Given the ever evolving technological world, the programme is designed to target students through the many electronic devices that are available.

Parris, who is Guyana’s Honorary Consul to South Africa, has already started a pilot programme in eight schools after the initiative was embraced by the Ministry of Education and other partners.

During a recent sit-down with the Sunday Stabroek Parris explained that what they