Their class teacher, Mrs. Beatrice said, she taught a lesson
on communication techniques on Friday and she mentioned our Maarifa to be an available
source of ICT services. It’s from that point that the students requested the
teacher to plan a visit to Nguruman Maarifa Center to learn on the use of
Computers for Communication.
‘Although the candidates schedule is tight for they are
preparing for their national exams, they requested me to plan a visit to the
centre for them during lunch hour when they finish Saturday revision’ Said the
class teacher.
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| Entasopia Primary school Students viewing Maarifa centre blog. |
Computers was the main interest having a number of reasons
as they mentioned access to information, means of communication, social
networking and entertainment as the key motivational points.
Mrs. Beatrice Nyambura completed her computer training along
with other eight teachers in July 2012 at the maarifa centre. They were trained
in introduction to computers, Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Excel 2007,
Microsoft PowerPoint and internet.
The teacher said it would be good to start cultivating the students’
interest early. Kelvin Koinet, ICT trainer at the Maarifa centre, took them
through a preview of computers whereby they got to grasp a few but valued
skills on computer operation. The students learnt about types of computers,
parts, booting and entering web addresses to search for information in the net.
They got a chance to operate a computer for the first time
where they viewed the centre’s blog and were also taught how to shut down the
machine.
It was a short visit that made the students come back to the maarifa centre after school and have more time to enjoy the services. They even decided to join the computer classes when they complete their national exams and before they join high school.
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| Students and their teacher posing for a photo outside the Maarifa centre expressing their excitement. |
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