Education
South Africa's Western Cape schools bridge the digital divide
Schools throughout the world are faced with new challenges as computer skills become increasingly important in the digital age. Affordable access to computing technology has become a priority for many school administrators. South Africa’s Western Cape school system found that the NComputing solution is an effective way to give more students access to computing and thereby bridge the digital divide.
The Kultur School system is a leading private school system in Turkey with about 2,000 students and 300 staff. The system includes five preschools, two primary schools, two high schools, and a science-focused high school. "Bringing computing technology into daily teaching and exposing the students to the broader world is a key mission of the schools," says Mrs. Esra Ataç, chief of the school's computer department. "Information and technology is moving extremely fast and we want our students to use computers to creatively find information and solve problems."
Once considered the least developed of the former Yugoslavian republics, Macedonia is leaping into the 21st century. Thanks to low-cost virtual desktop technology from NComputing, Macedonia is the first country ever to provide 1:1 computing (one computer per student) to its entire public school population.