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Mongo students learn about digital tools

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Club RFI Mongo and Taalim Tchad organised a digital awareness session on 7 November for students at Mongo’s A and B secondary schools in Guéra. The meeting aimed to promote responsible use of digital tools for learning and accessing information, according to the organisers.

Club RFI Mongo and the digital platform Taalim Tchad organised a session on digital tools on Saturday 7 November 2026 for students at Mongo’s A and B secondary schools in Guéra province, as part of Digital November, according to Tchadinfos.

The president of Club RFI Mongo, Idriss Mamadou Brahim, stressed the importance of digital technology for education and young people’s engagement with the world. The director of Taalim Tchad, Fotor Hamado, presented the opportunities offered by these tools in education and called for responsible use to facilitate access to information and knowledge, Tchadinfos reports.

The meeting was held under the theme “Youth and education in the digital age: getting informed, learning and succeeding through digital tools”, according to Tchadinfos.

The initiative comes after the inauguration on 29 September 2026 of a multimedia centre in Moundou, dedicated to expanding access to digital technology in Chad. It also follows the training of 40 Chadian technicians in digital crop monitoring, announced on 28 October 2026 by Chad.

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