The month-long initiative was the result of a partnership between Nelson Mandela University’s department of computing sciences, the Nelson Mandela Bay Science and Technology Centre, and digital solutions firm S4 Integration, which teamed up to offer free coding workshops to learners, most of them from under-resourced schools.
“Instilling a passion for technology from a young age is what can propel our country so much further,” said S4 Integration development services manager Nico Claassen. “Through the Tanks initiative, we have seen tangible results and can attest the work is [having] a lasting impact.” “There are 25 000 schools in South Africa and 16 000 of them don’t have access to computer labs. We want to get to those kids,” said Greyling, who won the university’s Innovation Excellence Award this year, and was also one of the top 10 winners in the SAB Foundation’s Social Innovation Awards, netting a R400 000 award for Tanks.
“Tanks and Boats allowed the facilitators to visit numerous schools that do not have computer labs,” said Greyling. Tanks was originally developed for children aged eight to 12 and Boats for younger learners, but Greyling has used them successfully with all ages.drive to promote coding and robotics in schoolsTanks has also attracted international interest, with Greyling having been invited to Unesco’s Mobile Learning Week in Paris in March.
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