Lebowakgomo High School
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Lebowakgomo High School is a high school
located in Lebowakgomo
, Limpopo
(formerly known as Lebowa
), South Africa
. It was built in the 1980s and was the first high school built in Lebowakgomo. The school is located next to Little Bedfordview Primary School.
Before the school was constructed, high school students in Lebowakgomo attended their classes in Ntsiyekgopu Primary School.
Like many South African schools, the school experienced rioting in the mid 80's. The culture of learning was restored in late eighties. The school prides itself with a number of graduates from universities around South Africa and some that have found their careers overseas.
The school has since witnessed a significant rise in academic performance of late and continues to grow from strength to strength.
IBM
donated computers and a server
to the school in 2006 and this led to the school introducing the official high school computer literacy
course as a pilot project.
The class of 2008 was the first ever to write a matric exam on computers as a subject (At the time known as Computer Applications Technology). Despite inadequate support of textbooks and at times educators for the Computer Applications Technology learning area, the students fared relatively well in this pilot project with one of its students notching up a mark in the 90 for the course.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Lebowakgomo
Lebowakgomo
Lebowakgomo was the capital of the former bantustan of Lebowa. Lebowakgomo lies southeast of the Limpopo town of Polokwane. Lebowakgomo is surrounded by villages, Mogodi and Phutimolle north east, Mamaolo on the east, Makurung and Lekhuswaneng being south east.-History:The township was...
, Limpopo
Limpopo
Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. The capital is Polokwane, formerly named Pietersburg. The province was formed from the northern region of Transvaal Province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal...
(formerly known as Lebowa
Lebowa
Lebowa was a bantustan located in the Transvaal in north eastern South Africa. Seshego initially acted as Lebowa's capital while the purpose-built Lebowakgomo was being constructed. Granted internal self-government on 2 October 1972 and ruled for much of its existence by Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa...
), South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. It was built in the 1980s and was the first high school built in Lebowakgomo. The school is located next to Little Bedfordview Primary School.
Before the school was constructed, high school students in Lebowakgomo attended their classes in Ntsiyekgopu Primary School.
Like many South African schools, the school experienced rioting in the mid 80's. The culture of learning was restored in late eighties. The school prides itself with a number of graduates from universities around South Africa and some that have found their careers overseas.
The school has since witnessed a significant rise in academic performance of late and continues to grow from strength to strength.
IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
donated computers and a server
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
to the school in 2006 and this led to the school introducing the official high school computer literacy
Computer literacy
Computer literacy is defined as the knowledge and ability to use computers and related technology efficiently, with a range of skills covering levels from elementary use to programming and advanced problem solving. Computer literacy can also refer to the comfort level someone has with using...
course as a pilot project.
The class of 2008 was the first ever to write a matric exam on computers as a subject (At the time known as Computer Applications Technology). Despite inadequate support of textbooks and at times educators for the Computer Applications Technology learning area, the students fared relatively well in this pilot project with one of its students notching up a mark in the 90 for the course.