Kaizer Chiefs players have gone digital, with a basic PC literacy course aimed at helping them to communicate with supporters electronically and opening up the IT world to them.
The first batch of Kaizer Chiefs administrative staff and players has completed a three-level IT course at the new Chiefs Cyber Centre at Chiefs Village in Ghandi Square, Johannesburg.
The Cyber Centre was established with contributions from Acer, Microsoft and Torque-IT, with a view to creating an awareness of technology, helping bridge the digital divide and serving as a skills upgrade and business centre for small and medium enterprises.
Making use of the new facilities, the players and staff underwent training in PC and Internet skills, using courseware supplied by Torque-IT.
The first level of the course served as an introduction to PCs, while the second and third levels included e-business expertise and focused on providing the students with specialised technical skills.
"The training follows a series of logical steps using the provided courseware as a reference," says Donavan Lekgothoane, technical trainer at Torque-IT.
"Torque-IT`s courses are designed to bring the students up to a high level of proficiency with basic computer skills, including navigation, operating systems, word processors, spreadsheets, e-mail and the Internet."
Stella Helwick, marketing manager at Acer, says the course was intended to help the players understand what IT is all about, and to enable them to communicate with supporters in the official Web chat room.
"They could perhaps also consider IT as an employment opportunity after their sporting careers are over."
Helwick says the Cyber Centre at the Chiefs Village is intended to serve as pilot project and will be duplicated across the country. "The centres highlight the need to create courses that meet the true needs of students."
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