The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Hon Mondli Gungubele, officially handed over a Cyber Lab to teachers and learners of Little Flower Combined School in Ixopo, KwaZulu Natal, as part of the National Cyber lab Programme, with the aim of preparing young learners for a digitally positioned future in the global village.
The laboratory is as a cutting-edge computer facility equipped with high-end technology and digital tools including laptops, digital screens, servers and internet connectivity. The handover programme was an initiative of the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), the leader in Government ICT and an entity of DCDT.
GoDigitalSA Foundation was invited to facilitate the knowledge sharing on Cyber security and Lab etiquette for the grade R to Grade 5 and the Grade 11 and 12 also received the information on the Ithala Edu Platform to help them prepare for their exams and the added value offering of the platform. GoDigitalSA Foundation also brough along the expo set up wherein the learners were shown the old technologies versus the new technologies and what Digitization means to daily life.
