WASPA donates R50 000 to SchoolNet
Giving the youth the tools to succeed in a digital age
Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA) recently helped to raise R50 000 at its annual fundraising golf day to benefit SchoolNet South Africa to better prepare students and teachers for a digital future.
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“There can be little doubt that in today’s technological world, the importance of teaching digital skills to the youth is critical, especially in a country with massive unemployment, such skills will give learners a leg up in finding a job in the future,” said Omashani Naidoo, executive director at SchoolNet South Africa.
“Therefore SchoolNet South Africa has now expanded into community projects focused on the promotion of digital literacy.
“The organisation understands the importance of training both teachers and students to utilise digital technologies and to leverage these effectively for teaching and learning purposes.”
According to Naidoo, the organisation acts as a catalyst for positive change in education and focuses on improving opportunities by creating knowledge through the dissemination of basic digital literacy skills.
“We recognise that, especially for students, understanding digital technologies and having the relevant skills around this will help them to put their best foot forward when they are ready to join the working world,” she says.
“We optimised the WASPA funding by allocating it to provide two days of online student training in basic coding and two days of teacher training in Atteridgeville during which 37 teachers were introduced to Microsoft Teams and other digital tools to enable them to more effectively employ digital platforms to stay connected to learners.”
She said with the online coding training, young people were taught how to consider aspects of problem-solving.
Ilonka Badenhorst, managing executive at WASPA, said that the association was proud to be able to support SchoolNet South Africa in its crucial training endeavours.
“We are aware of the critical importance of digital literacy in 2022 and the necessity of ensuring people understand how to use their devices to serve them and make them more productive,” she said.
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