Zwelenqaba Senior Secondary School in Tafelahash in the old Transkei is the site of a Solar Lab project with laptops including internet connections powered by solar energy.
There are plans to extend the project and include other schools. The two satellite Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) involved in the program will be Bafazi JSS and Kwantshunqe JSS.
The old Transkei is home to many rural areas without electricity and the traditional route of extending the grid to include them takes money and time. Solar power can circumvent these obstacles and bring computers to young learners in these rural schools who are intent on achieving computer literacy when they leave school and seek work in the growing South African economy.
The Department of Education has stated its aim of computer literacy for all school leavers by 2012 and solar power could be the energy boost needed to achieve this aim.
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