Two of the state-of-the-art multi-media centres at Buhlebemfundo Secondary School in KwaDabeka and Trenance Manor Secondary School in Phoenix have been completed and have been officially handed over to the schools today.
 
Skip Franzsen, group human resources manager and transformation manager of Bytes, a group in the Altron stable, said at the handover ceremony: We are committed to spearheading Corporate Social Investment (CSI) projects focused on high level computer education in schools. This project follows on the success of two other fully functional multimedia centres established by Bytes at Isikhumbuzo High School in Orange Farm in Gauteng, and at Langa High School in the Western Cape.
 
Franzsen added that the seven schools in KZN were carefully selected to receive fully functional multi-media centres.  These include a primary and a high school in Tugela Ferry and two primary schools and one high school in Newcastle. Installation of these multi-media centres will continue in 2007, once some structural repair and upgrading has been completed in the schools.
 
A total of R1m has been spent on the project to date. At both Buhlebemfundo Secondary School and Trenance Manor Secondary School the classrooms have been renovated and refurnished and computers with Web site and Internet connectivity have been made available to the learners. Bytes People Solutions has trained teachers and students to ensure skills are transferred.
 
Franzsen said Bytes is furthermore committed to support the media centres at all the schools financially for two years; from infrastructure and technical support to paper supplies and security monitoring.