06 September 2013

Course 53 Working Hard

Course 53 is over half-way through and working towards graduation on 25 September.

Here the Wednesday class is hard at work.

05 July 2013

Ministerial Announcement - Funding restored!

On Tuesday 2 July e-Learning Porirua hosted a ministerial announcement by three government ministers: the Hon. Hekia Parata, the Hon. Jo Goodhew and the Hon. Nikki Kaye. The great news was that government funding for Computers in Homes has been restored to its pre 2013 Budget levels (1.6 million per annum - nationally). The ministers also committed to look at how to make the funding more sustainable beyond June 2014.



21 April 2013

Burmese Computers in Homes Graduation 20-04-13

On Saturday 22 Burmese Refugees graduated from our latest Computers in Homes course.  It was another very positive occasion with one of the refugees expressing his gratitude on behalf of all the group for the opportunity to learn the new skills and receive a computer to benefit each of their families.  Abdi Bihi, Regional Refugee and Migrant Coordinator for the Ministry of Education, presented the certificates.

 Abdi Bihi, Rene (Interpreter) and Graham Kelly



11 April 2013

Graduation - Course 50

It was wonderful to celebrate our 50th Computers in Homes graduation on Wednesday 10-04-13.  The Hon. Peter Dunne MP presented the certificates to our students.  Below are three happy students receiving their certificates from the Hon. Peter Dunne.