Education Minister Wittbrodt requires teachers to become computer literate

According to a decree by Education Minister Edmund Wittbrodt every teacher will be required to know how to use a computer. Computer literacy will be another step in reaching the position of an appointed teacher which will also secure the occupational stability. "Everything would be fine if we had those computers. Our school and the gmina do not have enough money to install a computer in each classroom so that the teacher could use it during the class," say teachers. In related news, Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek has, at the request of the Education Minister, dismissed Under-secretary of State in the Education Ministry Andrzej Karwacki. He was dismissed for mistakes made when preparing amendments to the Teacher's Charter by the financial services of the Ministry. The former Education Minister Miroslaw Handke resigned for the same reason. (Rzeczpospolita, page 1, Zycie, page 6) A.Z.