Teachers and students disentangle the Web of Information in Khuzdar

28 June, 2001

SDNP Quetta conducted an awareness training workshop on Internet and Email for the local school children and faculty of Youth Welfare Organization (YWO) on 27th June 2001, at Greenland Computer and Language School, Khuzdar. Forty children and 5 teachers from 4 government and private schools attended the event.

YWO is a local NGO working for education and computer advocacy program for different schools in the districts of Kalat Division (Kalat, Khuzdar, Lasbela, Awaran and Kharan). During this workshop 3 other resource persons were also invited from UET Khuzdar, MCB Khuzdar and Balochistan Residential College, Khuzdar.

Mr. Jan Muhammad, City Coordinator SDNP Quetta explained the role of IUCN/SDNP in promoting Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for development within the Pakistani context. He said that the capacity building programmes designed for training were based keeping in mind the needs of the people who benefited from them.

He then went on to elaborate upon the advantages and importance of Internet and E-mail to facilitate communication and access information. The origins of the Internet, its structure and hardware required were discussed, and participants' curious queries answered.

The participants felt that the Internet is a very useful media for them as it brought a world of information to their desks. Everyone participated proactively in using the Internet practically and in getting in touch with people from all over the world.

In the end, Mr. Abdullah Baloch of YWO thanked SDNP/IUCN for organizing such a useful and interesting workshop for the schools' pupils and their teachers. YWO also requested SDNP for technical support in establishing a Cyber Community Centre (CCC) at Khuzdar.