For students at the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School in New Amsterdam, Berbice, Information Technology will no longer be a theoretical subject as their computer lab has finally been renovated and stocked with functional computer systems after being out of use for over eight years.
Fourth Form students of the school yesterday began using the 16 new Dell computer systems presented to the school by the Region Six Department of Education, through funding from the Regional Democratic Council.
The construction of the new computer lab, which began on February 5, 2013, took three weeks.
funding from the Regional Democratic Council. (See story on page 15)
Prior to the reconstruction of the lab and the acquisition of the new computers, students of the school were only taught the theoretical aspects of Information Technology. Practical work was limited to those who had access to computers outside of the school.
Andrew Kellawan, an Information Technology teacher attached to school, expressed thanks to the Regional administration and the Department of Education for making the computers available, while saying the presentation was timely.
He said it will be a great boost to the students, enabling them to perform better in what is rapidly becoming a technologically-advanced era.
Kellawan explained that although the school had a small computer lab some years ago, it only had approximately three computers, which were mainly used by teachers. The size of the old computer lab also limited the use of the computers, since only three persons could use the workstations at any one time.
By 2004, Kellawan noted, the computer room was rendered defunct because the computers were not working.
He said now that the school has a functional computer lab, it will be preparing a batch of ten students to write Information Technology at the CSEC Examinations next year.
Meanwhile, the Fourth Form students were delighted to finally have a computer lab at the school. One student, in particular, remarked that it will tremendously aid them in the timely completion of their School Based Assessments (SBAs).
