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 | Lautoka Campus Director, Dr Pramila Devi presents a certificate to one of the participants with Mr Dennis Sen. |
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High school students in Fiji began their holidays on a positive note as they took advantage of the opportunity to participate in a charity computer course conducted by the University of the South Pacific.
The courses, organised by the South Pacific Computer Society (SPACS) for students around the country, are being held at USP’s three campuses in Fiji namely Laucala, Lautoka and Labasa.
The courses which are scheduled conveniently during the second term school break, is sponsored by the University’s School of Computing, Information and Mathematical Sciences. The aim of this training programme is to fulfill the objectives of SPACS to provide computer literacy and create awareness on Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
Twenty-eight students from the Western Division participated in the one-day programme held at the Lautoka Campus on 22 August, 2012.
The students were trained on Basic Microsoft Word 2010 and Basic Microsoft Excel 2010, conducted by University staff, Mr Dennis Sen from the Lautoka Campus.
The feedback from the participants was positive as most of the students found the training quite useful.
Ms Rachel Raiova, a Form six student of Jasper Williams High School in Lautoka, said she learnt new things from the course which will help her in her studies.
Another student, Mr Walter Fraser, a seventh former of Xavier College in Ba, said he found the course quite interesting and he was happy to be given the opportunity to participate in the free training programme.
After completion of the course, certificates were presented to students by the Lautoka Campus Director, Dr Pramila Devi.
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