What We Do

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we organise ICT taster days to give students, teachers and schoolheads the opportunity to use ICT as a learning , teaching and administrative tool

we organise ICT taster days in clusters to give students, teachers, managers and parents to the opprtunity use ICT as a learning, teaching and management tool.These are students of GBHS Down-town Bamenda in the North West Region of Cameroon taking part in the ICT taster day of saturday 12th December 2009. 

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we recycle unwanted or used school furniture in a helpful way in partnership with Kirkhouse Productions UK

recycling unwanted or used school furniture in a helpful way

Optimus Education Foundation has teamed up with Kirkhouse Productions to recycle unwanted or used school furniture in a helpful way, providing used secondary and primary classroom furniture to schools in Africa by and large and Cameroon in particular, in a bid to create a very positive…

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we set up server-based computer networks in schools and community centres

The Government Bilingual High School Muea - South West Region, Cameroon Computer Laboratory set up by Optimus Education Foundation and ooficially launched by the Secretary General in the Ministry for Secondary Education, Professor Leke.

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we get youths in the local community involved in local projects

Youths in the local community come out in their numbers to help unload computers that are going to be useful in the local schools and communities.

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we organise training workshops for teachers and education managers at the OPEF Training, Resource and Learning Centre

OPEF is firmly committed to the professional development of teachers and educational mangers.Workshops is one of such ways of promoting this commitment.OPEF Training, Resource and Learning Centre regularly plays hosts to workshops, seminars and ICT open day events.This is a workshop organised by the Regional Pedagogic Service, North West Region…

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we run and assess short training courses in computer literacy and information technology for lifelong learning

we run and assess training courses in basic or advanced computer skills. The goal of these training courses is to teach and assess basic computer concepts and skills so that people can use computer technology in everyday life to develop new social and economic opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities. Whether…

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we recycle computers, provide high quality refurbished computers to schools and less fortunate families

Optimus Education Foundation recycles, refurbishes and ships high quality computers (Pentium 4, minimum specification) within the framework of the OILL Project - OPEF ICT for Lifelong Learning. This project has already made and is still making a huge difference in 15 public/private secondary schools and their communities in the North West and South…

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we engage international volunteers to share their IT knowledge and skills at OPEF Training, Resource and Learning Centre

Mark and Youness flew out to Cameroon from the UK in August 2009 to help set up a server-based network of 30 computers with thin client technology at the OPEF Centre

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gsskkOptimus Education Foundation (OPEF) is a charitable organisation of seasoned educationalists, IT professionals and medical practitioners of African origin, living and/or working in the United Kingdom. We are dedicated to improving the quality of health, education and training for all young people and adults,  essentially through the effective use of Information and Communication Technologies in order to fight extreme poverty in Africa by and large and Cameroon in particular, especially in socially deprived areas:

  1. by empowering local communities socially and economically especially women: i.e combining financial capital with local community expertise and resources for educational and community improvement;

  2. by developing and optimising an effective partnership between schools and their local communities designed to find practical ways and means of tackling the unavoidably difficult socio-economic problems schools and communities face; and more importantly tackling social inequalities. gss kedjom ketinguh building

Our mission is to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of young people in schools and their communities, in order to give every child, every adult, every community, the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

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gbhs muea - buea2This is the Government Bilingual High School Muea computer laboratory in South West Region of Cameroon, the very first computer laboratory installed by Optimus Education Foundation in partnership with Cameroon Education Network. This computer laboratory was officiallygbhs muea student working opened by the Secretary General in the Ministry of Secondary Education, Professor Leke Tambo.

OPEF has subsequently installed 12 computer laboratories across North West and South West Regions and has set up a Training, Resource and Learning Centre in Bamenda as a model for schools and communities to replicate. OPEF is looking forward to installing more computer laboratories in schools and communities nationally.Visit our Projects page for more information.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Have Your Say

can computer fees alone fund ICT in a sustainable way in schools in Cameroon?

Not at All - 62.2%
No.Increasing the amount for parents is not an option. - 6.7%
Partly Yes but some extra funding is needed - 20%
Yes - 11.1%
Yes if we increase the amount. - 0%

Total votes: 45
The voting for this poll has ended on: 14 Apr 2012 - 00:00

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