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Ready for fire season The City of Cape Town’s fire and rescue service introduced the new Rosenbauer Metz Turntable Ladder L56, which is able to rescue 18 people at a time from a 22-storey building within 12 minutes via its lift system. The display ceremony took place at the Epping Training Academy on Thursday 15 October. Read more on page 7. PHOTO: CITY OF CAPE TOWN

MATRICS: I-CAN CENTRE HELPS

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hen uncertainty clouded the air for many people, the I-CAN Centre in Elsies River took the opportunity to provide much needed relief to Computer Application Technology (CAT) matric learners by providing them with free classes in preparation of the final exams. Llewellyn Scholtz, executive director of Genesis CITI and manager of the I-CAN Centre, said learners from Elsies River High School were provided with free Jasperactive learning and assessment subscriptions to the value of R50 000 from the partnership of

Certiport, Masterskill and Genesis CITI (I-CAN Centre). “From April to July this year, these learners were taught about Microsoft Word, Excel and Access through the Jasperactive portal. Once they expressed competency, they undertook mock exams from August until September. The first week in October these learners then undertook the global Microsoft exam, and passed successfully. “The global Microsoft Certification enables students to be job ready immediately after school within the 21st century, or pursue a career in IT or use the certification to create a uniqueness in applying for an NSFAS bursary,” explained Scholtz.

He emphasised that the lockdown left learners in a state of distress. “At the beginning of the pandemic they felt hopeless and directionless about their education. Since returning to school, these learners also felt the pressure to push the syllabus and get the work done before the end of this month. “Schools are battling to make up for the lost days while managing the hostile environment under which they have come to operate. The problems facing education in South Africa are not new, and digital teaching alone will never be a silver bullet. Simply handing out access to data and computers will not solve some of the very real and entrenched problems, many of which have

been exacerbated by Covid-19 in marginalised communities. While the prospects for digitising more aspects of education look promising, the lockdown has also magnified the digital divide, and cast the spotlight on inequalities,” said Scholtz. Having grown up in Elsies River himself, Scholtz emphasised that he is passionate about helping the youth in the area improve their lives through education. The Centre is providing all matriculants career guidance and assistance in applying for NSFAS bursaries to study at public academic institutions. For more information call Lincoln Cupido on 021 202 0596. V See photo on page 8.

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