Edoovillage #2631 - Burundi, Mutanga Nord: CENTRE JOSEPH ENGLING POUR LA PROMOTION DE L'EDUCATION

In Burundi the training and facilities offered in traditional schools and colleges have simply not caught up with the information age. In tragedy, the computer classes offered by these expensive schools do not adequately prepare graduates for such position. Often, within the school and college system, there are no facilities for this budding population to learn how to use computers to obtain any form of computer skills. At graduation, the majority of student have never used a computer, let alone received any vocational training education. Inexperience with computer technology narrows one job market. In Burundi due to lake of accessibility of computers, teachers teaches computer classes on a blackboard because there are no actual computers ton use, therefore, this education still theoretical and not practical
There are four different classes of students at different points of training. Shifts runs on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, or on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Classes are held from 9: 30-11: 30 pm-2pm, and from 3:00 pm to 5: 15pm every day.
Many children and youth have no access to education and are living in extreme poverty. CJEEP offers computer Training Opportunities to underserve children and youth who have a chance to second education through its YECE Program; which is a common palliative solution to this education issue.
The CJEEP is in deepest need of IT equipment to offer a better quality education. Develop Burundi need to provide access to technological facilities and the necessary training that will empower employment for disadvantaged individuals. This empowers them to meet their family and community needs. Through our computer science and information technology courses, bright young minds become better qualified and are able to obtain qualification technology courses, bright young mind become better qualified and are able to obtain qualifications for jobs that were previously unavailable to them. The YECE project helps bridge the Digital Divide and levels the playing field. The project offers new opportunities for children and young adults to become computer literate. After graduating from our program, computer literate students are available and competitive in the marketplace. By learning and understanding computer science they progress in their careers and rise above poverty and they contribute to national development. Considering that computer technology is advancing faster than ever before, knowing how to properly use a computer and navigate the digital terrain will help our brilliant students to keep life organized and streamlined.
Our Computer classes will provide Introduction to Computer, Parts of a Computer, Input and Outputs Devices, Basic mouse and Keyboard Techniques, Typing Master, and Microsoft application programs that are from (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher and Internet). Classes are set up so that no two students have to share a computer so everyone has access to their own computer.
OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of YECE Program are to enable students to
• Practice computer science and software engineering, understand the fundamental principles of computer science, and continue to develop their technical competencies.
• Develop and understanding of how computing technology presents new ways to address problems; and to use computational thinking to analyze problems and to design, develop and evaluate solutions
• Read, write, test, and modify computer programs
• Develop an understanding of how computers work; the component parts of computer systems and how they interrelate, including software, data, hardware, communications, and users
• appreciate the ethical and social implications relating to the use of computing technology and information and identify the impact of technology on personal life and society
• understand how information technology has changed over time and the effects these changes may have on education, the workforce, and society
• evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of online information sources
• Work independently and collaboratively, communicate effectively, and become responsible, competent, confident, reflective, and creative users of computing technology.