Schools benefit from Sasol’s generosity

Some seven schools from the Insikazi School Circuit in the KaBokweni area near White River received a donation of computers from Sasol Energy last week.

This donation forms part of a Sasol Energy funded digital literacy programme that teachers from the circuit attended last year, overseen by the Uplands Outreach project.

The programme consisted of lessons on computer hardware and software basics, emailing, Internet usage, as well as Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

“Building the capacity of teachers with practical ICT skills and equipment enables quality teaching and learning to take place in the classroom and, as such, equips the learners for a competitive and technological cutting edge world of work,” said Dean Somerset, manager of marketing, sponsorship and social investment at Sasol Energy.

“We are excited to work with Uplands Outreach in preparing learners and teachers for the digital age.”

This is the second year that Sasol Energy has worked with the Uplands Outreach project on this initiative. Uplands Outreach works closely with partner schools in the Insikazi School Circuit area, with the aim of elevating educational achievements and making a sustainable impact.

“We are passionate about helping teachers gain the confidence and the experience to use technology to streamline parts of their working lives,” said Uplands Outreach’s director, Dr Nicolette de Bruyn.

“We thank Sasol for partnering with us to fulfil this need. We are pleased with the level of commitment demonstrated by teachers and the 100 per cent pass rate of all teachers who enrolled for the digital literacy courses.”

“The outreach programme is indicative of our commitment to education that seeks to promote people-centred, needs-driven and sustainable development of the communities in which we operate,” concluded Somerset.