| |
|
|
| |
PROVIDING I.T. TRAINING TO POOR AND RURAL SCHOOLS |
| |
 |
This project is awaiting confirmation of funding. If successful, this would be a joint project with the Saint Andrews International High School in Blantyre, and would address the following of AYISE's core aims:
- Education - the syllabus in poor schools is inadequate for the 21st century world, and the schools are under-resourced and so less able to address this problem. AYISE and SAIHS intervention would help to prepare the students for life, and provide them with a fuller education
- Livelihood Security - the skills the children learn through this project will stand them in good stead when applying for further education courses, and / or respectable employment opportunities
- HIV and AIDS - these will be indirectly addressed as we will provide the students with one more tool by which to extract themselves from poverty - and the link between poverty and HIV and AIDS has been demonstrated many times
- Gender - the project will provide skills equitably to male and female students, providing equal opportunities for their futures
|
 |
The Issues - click here to read more
Malawi's cash-strapped government cannot afford to provide the equipment and necessary supporting infrastructure to enable children in rural schools to be appropriately educated in I.T. skills. I.T. skills will prove to be an increasingly vital aspect of knowledge required by employers, and so by omitting training at this stage the government is condemning the poorer children to very low employment opportunities. Richer children will be able to afford additional external training courses, but poor children will receive only the education the government provides. This situation will exaggerate the gap between rich and poor over the coming generation - with all the associated problems that brings.
The Project - click here to read more
Overall objective
To provide I.T. training to rural schools in the Blantyre, Mulanje, Phalombe and Tyolo districts.
Specific objectives
- To visit 12 schools with our mobile I.T. training bus
- To train 100 children at each school
- To use the project to lobby the government to install the necessary infrastructure to support I.T. training in rural schools.
Activities
- Training children on I.T. skills within our I.T. training bus
- Lobbying government to enable further, permanent I.T. training in rural schools
Expected Outcomes- click here to read more
- 1200 Children trained in I.T. skills
- 12 teachers also trained
- Government action either installing permanent infrastructure into schools to enable I.T. training, or financing of an I.T. Training Bus permanently for rural schools
|
| |
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
