By Melinda Ncube
A 15-year-old Bulawayo student from St Columbus High School has created a website and software to bridge the digital divide and reiterate the importance of developing local content in cyberspace.
Due to Covid-19 and learning having been adversely affected, a 15-year-old student doing Form Three, Nhlanhla Ngwenya has created a website with school resources like textbooks and past examination papers that can be downloaded and accessed offline.
He has uploaded resources of five subjects, mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics and geography and he is looking forward to upload more textbooks and examination question and answer books.
“Due to Covid-19 learning has been difficult for us as students and I also noticed that the pass rate has been declining. This is why I created this website so that students are able to access textbooks and study while at home. I am still working on uploading resources for students at primary schools,” said Ngwenya.
Ngwenya has also created a data management software with his friend Tawona Tsikira, after observing challenges that teachers and the administration staff encounter in terms of recording data of the students. The data management software seeks to assist teachers in recording marks and marking the register using digital devices. It also keeps track on students who have paid fees and those who might have not paid.
“I figured out the software will be an essential need to the schools, reason being hardships faced by the administration and teachers in keeping and accessing data for the students. This software will lessen the burden as it will automatically keep all the details of students, marks, register and fees payment and headmasters will no longer go through fees booklets to have access to those who have not paid fees. However, I have not approached my school about my software because of the pandemic and I am looking forward to do so when schools open,” he said.
He has also created an information management software for Non-Governmental Organisations called Dataman so that people can collect information offline using android devices, then upload when online and this would be useful in Zimbabwe since some rural areas do not have access to internet services. The application will analyse data from a central server and enable organisations to store data for their researches and activities. Dataman can also be relevant to Government departments like Zimstat.
“Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are already experiencing the profound change that new technologies bring to the way we live, work, learn, interact and do business, and the future is bright for those who take heed of this call of digitalisation,” said Mr Melusi Ngwenya, the student’s father.
He said the website can be accessed on: website http://njweb.42web.io. The Sunday News
the Zimbabwean government needs to tap such talent and make use of it
Idiama Ambroze dem loot 😅😅,Private players supports better
Idiama Ambroze wise up! Why should he work for the govt? ?
Abednigo Machiridza u want the young to join u criminal never he must work for government
Lovely our new leaders…
Melissa Ndaida Munyoro Zim already has leaders
Phillip T Dangaiso No I mean future leaders fathers you wont get it kkkk…
Melissa Ndaida Munyoro zanu pf has all future leaders.
Phillip T Dangaiso Ok nevermind…kkkkk good day
Melissa Ndaida Munyoro uyaphelelwa mntaka mama kkkkk…..
Phillip T Dangaiso kkkkkk 😂😂😂
He’s a genius
Our own #FreddieFiggers💪..
The American government wants to give him scholarship to start in their country kkkk at Harvard University.
Our leaders still looting American government want him
That’s my boy
Good boy
Well done what an achievement Congratulations
Unfortunately tomorrow leaders will be under the presidency of their ancestors no matter how great they do
Maxwell Dube meaning?
Butete Wayne the old thugs don’t want to retire and let in new blood.Neither do they sponsor new inventory
Maxwell Dube hookey
That’s sweet music to the ear . The authority should help the kid with relevant resources.
Simbiso Marandure Mwakonya
Nyarie Nyax thanks
Guru hachisi chanhasi ndechakare icho.
That’s gud my younger brother
Impressive ❤️
Well done! This is really impressive
Zim has talent
On a contrary I mourn fir these genius minds lack proper support due to obliviousness of our leaders and the general society. Well done boy and wish you greatness.
Congratulations boy!!!
Nice
Brilliant
Amazing
Weldone Nhlanhla Ngwenya
Tinashe Mahwenda
All the best Child👊
The resources are being looted by Chinese
Phi ke izojikwa ibeyeyakwamkhozi 😭😭😭 well done boy.
Awesome boi ✊✊
Can I have access to this boy.. He’s mobile number,, etc
The sky is the limit boy 👏🏾👏🏾
Where and when did this child learn html?? 😂 😂 😂 😂. 15 years supposed to be form 2
Zanu ichatomusunga haaaa
Well done boy
If it wasn’t for our government failure to embrace infrastructural development, we would realise that these things are being done by 5yr olds in China. However well done to our young brother for defying the odds
Chiedza Musha
Well done Ntwana
If you want to get assistance quick youngman hack one important website locally unorara wakwaunoda mufana, kana kumbopindira database renetone kana econet kana telecel hayo.
Ko pa Colombo panoburwa shasha. Proudly a former student. Ndoita kunge ndichatamira Bulawayo jus for my kidz to enroll at the school
Owh whoow big up Bruri
Lovely well done most kids ur age are either busy doing gimmicks on tick tock or smoking mutoriro majority of girls your age ur already mother’s so well done.
That’s the melanin dripping as always
Genius boy👏🏼👏🏼keep it up
Sincominkosi Nsele Ka Ndaba come and see this
Congratulations young boy
Moses ThePoet Gondwa