Hundreds of
students from Saint Vincent Palloti School,
Gikondo, yesterday completed a two-week's training in basic ICT skills.
The training was
conducted by students from Carnegie
Mellon University, USA.
The pupils were
taught a number of programs and others learnt how to type among other computer
skills.
Michel
Bezy, the Associate
Director of the Carnegie Melon University, Rwanda noted that it was part of the
community service programs by Carnegie Melon University students.
"Our
students started this program last year where they will be coming to Rwanda
every year. They have developed programs that can be used in the 'one laptop
per child' computers. We want to introduce technology to these children while
still in primary school," he said.
He added that
they want the program to be sustainable which is why they have involved KIST
students who are also engaged in the training.
Eric Kimenyi, the
Chief Technical Officer of One Laptop per Child project, said that it was the
third team from the US based University.
"Children
have benefitted a lot from this program. It's not enough to give them the
laptops, which is why there are such programs to give hands-on training to
schools with the One Laptop per child program," he added. Read More