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Mecer’s experience and understanding of
Education has been demonstrated in various education projects throughout
South Africa, and coupled with its unequalled value added reseller base
Mecer is able to deliver turnkey educational solutions throughout South
Africa.
As part of its social responsibility Mecer
has made a number of investments in Education over the last couple of years
to assist in the upliftment of the historically disadvantaged through more
effective schooling. These investments have been made in three basic area’s:
1.
School / Building refurbishment
2.
ICT Lab installations
3.
Development
A. School / Building refurbishment
Mecer funded the refurbishment of 2
schools in Mpumalanga, amounting to an investment of R750,000.00. These
schools are:
i.
Sibongile
Primary School
1.
Renovations have taken place
2.
An Administration block for the headmaster and
staff has been built
3.
An additional 5 classrooms have been built
4.
Electricity and water have been provided
5.
The property has been fenced in
ii.
Thlakanang Secondary School
1.
A library has been built
2.
A science laboratory has been built
3.
Electricity has been provided
4.
The whole school has been renovated
In addition to the above Mecer adopted the
Allanridge Combined School in Midrand and is working closely with the school
to assist with its academic and cultural needs. Over R100,000.00 has been
spent at this township school on:
B. ICT Lab installations
Mecer has donated fully operational
computer laboratories to 7 schools in South Africa during the last year,
with a total donation value of at least R 2,8 Million Rands. These computer
labs consists of:
iii.
Computer Hardware
iv.
Computer Security Solutions
v.
Computer Software
vi.
Network installations and Set-up
vii.
Web Page design and maintenance
viii.
Maintenance and Support services
These schools are:
i.
Job Maseko Primary School – Kwa-Thema Gauteng
ii.
Westbury Primary School – Gauteng
iii.
Mablomomg Intermediate School – Gauteng
iv.
Hoërskool Oosterlig – Gauteng
v.
Laerskool Uniefees – Gauteng
vi.
Vanguard Primary School – Western Cape
vii.
Primary School – Ulundi KZN
C. Development
Mecer co-funded the development of the
Inter-ED project. Inter-ED is an educational courseware system for the
foundation phase, grades R, 1, 2 and 3, which is an Outcomes Based
Educational system in line with the Revised Curriculum for South
Africa, and is available in the 11 official languages affording opportunity
to all learners in the foundation phase to receive their tuition in the
mother tongue or in a language of their choice, as per government language
policy, effective January 2002.
Mecer’s investment in the development of
the Inter-ED system to date is in excess of R8 Million Rand.
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