SUPPORTING IT LITERACY IN SCHOOLS
Phase 1 - completed May 2021
The Problem
1. Students in Zambian schools need access to computers to learn skills to help secure a livelihood
2. There are some computers in schools but many are broken
3. There are dedicated teachers but they lack basic maintenance skills to fix computers
The Solution
1. Use local experts to train teachers to mend existing, broken, computers
2. Provide additional reconditioned computers
3. Provide a local maintenance 'helpline' and parts fund to keep computers in working condition
The Delivery
10
Schools
30 additional, reconditioned computers supplied to participating schools
32 teachers trained to fix computers
40% computers mended
"We are now able to service our own computers. Some of the things we thought were difficult to mend turned out to be fixable by just blowing out the dust! After the workshop we mended a further 2 or 3 back at school all by ourselves." Jockey Mulenga, Section Head ICT, Mungwi Tech School
FUNDING AND DELIVERY PARTNERS for the project
Fact Check
1. Of the 10 schools we worked with the ratio of working computers to students varied from 1:8 to 1:136 (May 2021), now the ratios are 1:8 to 1:45.
2. Each school brought a car load of broken computers to the workshop - 40% of these were fixed on the day with many more being fixed subsequently
3. The percentage of broken computers at each school fell from 19% to 3% as a result of the training and new computers supplied
Phase 2 - Delivered December 2021
20
Schools
46 additional, reconditioned computers to be supplied to participating schools
40 teachers to be trained to fix computers
40% computers mended
