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81% Of Egyptian Parents Surveyed Believe A Pc Will Have A Large Impact On Their Child’s Future Job Prospects
Published Dec 2, 2009
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An Independent research conducted by Redshift Research on behalf of Intel has shown that 81% of Egyptian parents surveyed perceive the proficient use of a PC to be an integral part of a child’s development.
“Responses from the Egyptian parents surveyed show a deep recognition that technology can nurture new skills and prepare a young person for their adult life. Intel through the collaboration with MCIT, the Ministry of Education and key market players continues to seek opportunities to help increase PC accessibility for Egyptian youth” said Intel Egypt Country Manager Taha Khalifa.
Results from the survey highlighted that Egyptian parents surveyed believe PCs should be integrated into education and as such, 78% of Egyptian parents surveyed said they provided their children with access to a PC at home. That children use PCs for entertainment is predictable, but surprisingly, school work is almost as significant in terms of usage. 68% of the parents surveyed said their children use a PC to assist them with homework and that the life skills developed through a computer and the internet go beyond the purely academic. According to the parents surveyed, children are starting to embrace the emergence of social networking, positioning them well for the future in terms of developing and maintaining a network – which parents surveyed viewed as a useful skill for both personal and professional development.
And the benefits don’t end there; as such, connectivity helps children of all ages in the development of creativity, initiative and organisational skills.
According to the survey results, like most elements of parenting, there’s certainly ambiguity as to when it’s right to first introduce a child to PCs. A quarter (25%) of Egyptian parents surveyed believe their child should have access to a PC by the age of 5, indicating a perception that PCs are such a part of modern life that it would be counter-intuitive to omit them as a learning tool, even at a young age.
“Almost a half of parents (49%) surveyed feel that a child should have access to a PC by the age of 8, suggesting that early school-age is a key time for the development of these skills and should go hand-in-hand with curricular activities. It is clear however that by the time the average Egyptian child enters high school, their parents feel that he or she should be familiar with a computer.” Concluded Mr. Khalifa
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VMD - [Virtual Marketing Department]
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