President donates 40 computers to Mberengwa

Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Midlands Correspondent
PRESIDENT Mugabe has donated 40 computers to Mberengwa East under the Presidential e-Learning Programme which was launched in 2012.

The computers will be given to four identified schools in the rural constituency that will also benefit local people.

Handing over the computers to Funye High School last week, Mberengwa East representative in the National Assembly, Cde Chiratidzo Iris Mabuwa said computer literacy was of paramount importance to contemporary learning as it gives rural pupils exposure and improves the quality of education as well as widen the pupils’ scope.

“I got the computers from President Mugabe under the Presidential e-Learning Programme and I called all four chiefs in this constituency to help me identify four schools that had the capacity to utilise the computers and that were also strategic.

“Funye is one of the schools that were identified because it is connected to electricity and we thought they could make use of the computers. We are going to give three other schools the computers. However, I am going to ask for more computers from President Mugabe so that we can give as many schools as possible,” she said.

Cde Mabuwa urged young girls to concentrate on education rather than indulging in sex while they are still young.

She said she was one of the people who joined the liberation struggle while she was in Form One but managed to come back after Independence and pursued her academic ambition and attained degrees in various disciplines.

“I was doing Form One when I joined the liberation struggle but that did not deter me from pursuing my education. Now I have many degrees and I’m educated. I want to urge the girl child to pursue their education. Indulging in sex at an early age has serious implications to your lives.”

Funye High School was also connected to the internet. Cde Mabuwa said the school will be an affiliate of a registered college that offer ICT studies to enable rural people from local communities to attain qualifications in computer studies. Over 1 000 rural schools have been identified through the country for the ICT programme.