Computer skills are in high demand for employers in South Africa, yet scarce in supply. Many in our communities do not have the opportunity to learn and develop these essential skills needed to find work.
Our Computer Learning Centre aims to bridge this gap. By providing much-needed practical training, we equip those on our courses with the IT skills to improve their future employment prospects.
Our Computer Learning Centre runs a 3-month skills-based computing course. The programme is designed to engage hard-to-reach communities otherwise unable to access opportunities to develop the core IT skills essential for the modern marketplace. Our learners are of all ages, genders, and abilities.
This course provides a solid foundation for:
Providing beginner, intermediate and advanced computer skills training, students progress along the pathway from theoretical concepts to practical end-user experience.
With these qualifications, our graduates are equipped with the skills for further education or to enable them to be prepared workers.
The aim of the Computer Learning Centre is to develop real-world IT skills that empower local people to gain lasting employment. Students are supported to go beyond theoretical knowledge to put information into practice.
To enhance the benefits and employability of those in our CLC, a pre-requisite is that all students complete Job Journey. This 13-day course develops specific skills, cultivates attitudes and provides resources to help students get into the workplace rapidly.
In keeping with NewDay United’s values, the Computer Learning Centre creates sustainable transformation alongside day-to-day skills development.
Our courses are delivered by an experienced trainer and two trainee facilitators from the local community. These are people who have themselves graduated from the Computer Learning Centre and are receiving additional development from us so they can give back to the community and further develop their own skills.
This model is working so well that the majority of our current staff are themselves graduates of our programmes, increasing our impact for the longer term and the impact of the funding we receive.
“There is a great need in our community for an understanding of computer literacy and I loved being a part of this great course – because it both equipped and empowered me, and also I now have the privilege of being a part of the NDU team!!”
Lizanne
“Hey – thanks to NewDay United, I now have skills to be able to pay it forward and now I also help with Hluma e-learning with the computer skills that I now have! What a privilege!”
(Hluma and e-learning are other NewDay United projects).
Avie
“CLC has opened new doors for me because I am now able to capture data especially when I am doing home visits and delivering food parcels for our elderly in this community.”
Notha
“The CLC was a safe haven for me, space where I could go and equip myself with basic computer skills and I also so enjoyed the company of the friends I made while I was there.”
Rimone
“Before CLC, I had never used the computer before – the course has helped me because I can use it now especially with the work that I do. I’m able to write reports using a computer!!”
Thembeka
