Wow! Finally, we are part of the digital nation.

Teachers from Maloma Primary School at eMalahleni 1 circuit were so excited to receive their certificates of attendance after a three weeks training on Basic Computer Literacy Workshop offered by the Mpumalanga Department of Education  Computers in Education Unit (CIE). 

"I still remember how I found the school's computer lab: A dark room, dust all over the computers, number of CPUs disconnected from Monitors and lots of cables scattered around the floor with no hope at all that teachers will ever pick up the skill" 

The passion of computers showed by the Principal, Mr. Meshack Mahlangu drove me to take Maloma Primary School teachers into digital space with me. Together with Mr. Mahlangu, we conducted the basic computer literacy course which included, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Some of the teachers touched a computer for the first time in their lives.

The arrival of the 20 laptops in a trolley, a data projector and a printer from the school e-connectivity project, 2010 World Cup Legacy Project was an extra-ordinary blessing to the school. Mahlangu couldn't stop the training. He introduced his staff to the internet in particular, to Google tools in education. They all have G-mail accounts and able to share and receive information electronically.

written by Nomusa Keninda