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The teaching and learning environment comprises four areas that are curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and teaching learning material. Curriculum is designed to help students achieve overall and balanced development while pedagogy allows for appropriate mix of learning strategies to ensure mastery of basic competencies and promotion of holistic development. Assessment is designed to give accurate feedback of students readiness, progress, achievement and aptitude and teaching learning material is cognitively challenging and motivating by combining the best of network-based, teacher-based, and courseware materials.
The use of technology enablers contained in the Smart School Concept. Technology alone will not make a school smart. Only improved teaching-learning strategies, management and administrative processes, and capable, well trained people with enthusiasm for their work can do that. However, information technology can enable the process of transforming traditional schools into Smart Schools. Consequently, a nation-wide system of Smart Schools will depend on advanced information technology at the school, district and national levels. Technology has many roles to play in a Smart School, from facilitating teaching and learning activities to assisting with school management. Fully equipping a school might include the classroom, library, computer laboratory, teacher’s room and server room. The technology will enable the school to draw on a variety of external resources, while also making the school more accessible to the community. Students and teachers will be able to tap into public and university libraries; access companies and industry associations; investigate museums and other archives; keep up to date with local authorities.