The digital divide widens in classrooms
The learners file into the classroom, sit down at their desks and reach into their backpacks. Instead of taking out notebooks, pens and textbooks, they whip out the latest generation, state of the art computing devices in a “bring your own device” environment. These...
Adapt IT opens Amaoti Knowledge Centre
Adapt IT, a growing and innovative IT company, launched their first Knowledge Centre on 21 May 2013. The centre will serve as a computer lab for the more than 1 400 children and 45 educators of the Zwakele Primary School in Amaoti - the largest informal settlement in...
BlackBerry launches women’s initiative
BlackBerry Global creative director, Alicia Keys, has launched the new BlackBerry Scholars Programme, the first step in its global women’s initiative designed to inspire more women to enter and develop careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math...
Connect to Learn reaches more Malawians
Ericsson has joined forces with Airtel to expand the Connect to Learn ICT solution to two schools in the Malawi Millennium Village of Mwandama, located in the southern region of Malawi’s Zomba district. Building on the launch of 50 scholarships awarded to students in...
NCDoE verifies personnel information
The Northern Cape Department of Education (NCDoE) has decided to speed up its ongoing efforts to maintain up-to-date personnel information, opting to fast-track the update process over a three week period using Datacentrix’ eDNA personnel information verification...
School management training rolls out in EC
Since its beginnings four years ago as a 50 school pilot project in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), the Principals Management Development Programme (PMDP) has mentored and trained nearly 1 300 leaders in school management roles in KZN and has recently been rolled out in the...
DiData expands e-learning programme
Dimension Data’s E-learning Management System has increased from 52 schools in eight provinces in 2012 to over 71 schools in all nine provinces in 2013. The aim of the initiative is to give students access to premium technology applications to support the school...
Managing bursary funds wisely
As more and more students rely on financial assistance to fund their studies, the administration burden on universities, FETs (Further Education and Training) institutions and corporate sponsors has increased. The result is that they often struggle to efficiently...
Oracle, Curriki boost Java curriculum
The Oracle Academy and Curriki are working together to make the Oracle Academy’s “Getting Started with Java Using Alice” curriculum widely available to secondary school teachers and students. Java is one of the world’s most popular computing platforms. It is used by...
iLearn provides business tuition for ATKV
Members of staff from the ATKV (Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging) have broadened their knowledge and their value to the company having recently completed a comprehensive business course, involving two key interventions, delivered by iLearn, a national specialist...
Vodacom empowers youth with skills training
Vodacom empowers youth with ICT skills training In a bid to help tackle skills development and job creation within the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, Vodacom has embarked on a drive to help empower unemployed youth with ICT skills training. ...
Q-KON and partners connect Malawian school
Q-KON, a Pan-African distributor of Alvarion solutions, has provided Alvarion WiFi technology to Malawi’s Bishop Mackenzie International School (BMIS), enhancing the academic institution’s existing network and equipping it with valuable wireless connectivity. As a...