GOVERNMENT'S MULTIMILLION e-Learning Project, launched last year, has made a difference at Camperdown High School, according to principal Cynthia Cooke.

On Monday, secretary general of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Dr. Hamadoun Toure, visited the east Kingston school at the invitation of Commerce, Industry and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, to see what progress it has made through e-Learning.

Mrs. Cooke, who accompanied Dr. Toure on his tour, told The Gleaner that the ITU executive was pleased with what he saw. She said the 1,456 students at Camperdown have made encouraging strides since the advent of technological learning there just over one year ago.

"We are in the age of instant results so e-learning holds the students' attention better, they don't have to spend a lot of time writing," Mrs. Cooke said.

Currently, Camperdown's e-learning machinery is built around camcorders, digital cameras, document cameras, multimedia projectors and whiteboards which were donated by companies and past students.

The only problem, Mrs. Cooke pointed out, is a shortage of computers to enhance web-based interaction between teachers and students.