The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Education Mr Senzo Mchunu expressed his heart felt gratitude to Vodacom for investing in Education at the official launch of an Information Communication Technology Resource Centre (ICT) held at the Pinetown Education District yesterday.
Vodacom SA in partnership with Department of Basic Education has identified a need to establish Information Communication Technology (ICT) Resource Centres throughout the country to fast track effective teaching and learning.
“Education can no longer do without ICT in the classroom, where everything starts. Therefore we are very delighted to launch this project that will have a direct impact in improving education in the province”. Mr Mchunu further said that the centre will empower users, and effectively improve teaching and learning. He urged all learners and educators to use the centre to their full benefit.
The centre is aimed at providing ICT skills training to teachers and unemployed youth, and will make the process of teaching and learning interesting. This initiative focuses on one of the critical elements in education value chain which is teacher professional development training focusing on ICT literacy; improve the quality of teaching across all subjects, and to provide access to educational digital content. Each ICT resource centre offers a computer room with 50 computer terminals, internet connectivity, and training facilities.
In the quest of Vodacom’s corporate social investment they have committed themselves to supplying connectivity, content hosting and internet connectivity for the next three years. Connectivity includes the establishment of an APN for each to allow for free communication among the teachers. “We want to empower teachers with variety of teaching resources, reach in multimedia content”, said Mr Tengimfene; EHOD Vodacom.
Official launch of Vodacom and KZNDOE Information Communication Technology Centre
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