It would seem that we are in a country were young ones sometimes fail to reach their full potential because of the systems that are in place. Some blame poor governance. Whatever the reason, a majority of Zimbabwe’s children are limited from reaching their full potential.
It doesn’t help the situation that the covid pandemic is making it it difficult for children to receive their education. A vast majority even went a year without learning. While students in well-off private school continue to learn as usual using online systems, the rest of the nation’s children don’t have access to that opportunity.
In Bulawayo, a 15 year old student, Nhlanhla Ngwenya found this unfortunate situation to be a huge opportunity. Nhlanhla decided to usher his school into the digital era. Like many schools, St Colombus High, Bulawayo was stifled by the covid pandemic. Nhlanhla decided to create a textbook system and website to bridge the digital divide at youth and school levels in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabweans only felt sorry that the child might not get the needed support from the this country to realise his full capabilities.
The importance of prioritising the education of Africa’s little ones was emphasised Econet’s by Strive Masiyiwa. Ironically data prices are among some of reasons that it has been difficult for most students and schools to go digital.
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