The first shimmers of light
The meaning of facilitate
Is simply to assist
So those who are in needy state
On such aid can subsist
Facilitators are first trained
– Ex teachers they must be –
Sound subject knowledge they have gained
Their insight is the key
In the school system – must have been –
At least a year or nine
The horrors of the playground seen
Know how teachers incline
Good P C knowledge they’ve acquired
Some solid I T skills
They must have eagerly desired
To solve the teaching ills
For them Khanya seeks high and low
They bear the project’s brunt
Through adverts there’s a steady flow
At times a smart head hunt
They’ll visit schools – sufficiently –
To train the teaching staff
Use I T most efficiently
In measures never half
In this respect others have flopped
For teachers no support
This help role they did not adopt
Their projects did abort
The use of these ones who assist
Khanya will not refuse
In fact – will more of them enlist –
Will never change its views
When hardware is installed in schools
There is no time to waste
The window left to use these tools
Is shrinking with great haste
The moment hardware does arrive
A guarantee kicks in
Use this time well – for this must strive –
To lose it – what a sin
It is a most important thing
There’s not a day to lose
The learners one must quickly bring
The lab – they all must use
A project plan is put in place
It’s an essential phase
Built on a solidly laid base
The bar one now must raise
This is indeed the second plan
The first has run its course
The new plan shows schools how they can
Use each I T resource
Poem Index
- I Why the rooster crows
- II The good old days
- III The gloom sets in
- IV The exodus
- V The first rays of light
- VI The light bearers
- VII Distribution of light
- VIII One size does not fit all
- IX Planning to let the light shine
- X Room structure
- XI Security
- XII Power and light
- XIII Furnishings
- XIV Airconditioning
- XV Focal point of light
- XVI Technology options
- XVII Educational software
- XVIII Cost of light
- XIX Sustainability
- XX Light at the end of the tunnel
- XXI The first shimmers of light
- XXII The e-plan
- XXIII LAN administration
- XXIV Facilitation
- XXV The launch
- XXVI The real work starts
- XXVII Light for the community
- XXVIII Light for the learners