Translation is the key to success when it comes to international students
“Streamlined digital e-learning programs available in the native language of the user are proven to be significantly more effective in increasing engagement”
Pre-pandemic, there were reports that the global online education market would reach a value of $350bn by 2025, writes The Translation People‘s Alan White.
With 1.38bn students affected by the forced closure of schools, colleges and universities around the world, some online learning providers are reporting a 200% increase in usage in their platforms since March.
Earlier this month, Uganda’s First Lady and education minister Janet Museveni instructed the country’s universities to start online teaching if they hadn’t already done so.
“No continuing learner should be left behind or excluded” because of their Covid-19 response, she said.
For the 16,000 international students who come to Uganda each year, this move provided a level of accessibility to education that risked being compromised the longer lockdown continued.