KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) plans to set up two more rural information and communication technology (ICT) projects in the state to help address the rural-urban digital divide.
Dr Alvin Yeo, the deputy dean of the computer science and information technology faculty, said the projects would be similar to eBario, a pilot project started by Unimas in 2001 to provide ICT to an isolated rural community.
"We are getting some funding from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to get the eBario project to other places," he said.
He added that the locations had not been decided.
He said Unimas was also looking at training staff from other universities to implement the projects.
"They can then become the trainers for other projects and therefore create a domino effect," he told a press conference at an international conference on information technology in Asia here on Tuesday.
Themed "Social Computing: Engaging Communities", the three-day conference was organised by Unimas.
Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan, who opened the conference, said the state government was implementing some projects to narrow the digital divide and would support the efforts of other parties to tackle the issue.
"Plans to bridge the ditigal divide include increasing computer literacy and general computing skills.
"Also, telecentres will be established and gradually upgraded to become community knowledge centres providing access to e-government applications, e-learning and information resources," he said.
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