Using Information and Communication Technologies in Helping Children and Adults from Rural and Remote Areas to Benefit from Distance Education

The most important investment a state can make is investing in its future. In order to have economic growth a country must invest in its future human resources – the children. If students receive a good quality education they will become valuable human resources. Some of us forget that human resources are the most valuable resources a state can have, and in the light of that we must provide them the best training possible. It is easy to provide high quality education for children who live in cities. But what happens with the children from rural areas? What can we do in order to provide these children the best education possible? The solution is introducing distance education with the help of information and communications technologies (IT&C). These new technologies give local and central authorities the chance to provide distance learning to children via Internet. The investment is worth it, children learn very quickly how to use technology, teachers are trained by specialists, and the lessons become more interesting. Eurostat’s data shows that Internet coverage is vast and in continuous expansion on the old continent and consequently also in Romania. Romanian authorities have the obligation to provide an alternative to all the children that can’t go to school for various reasons, and also to all the adults that want to attend university courses or qualification and retraining courses.