MOTC Launches Green Computer Club Initiative
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Doha – Qatar
The Ministry of Transport and Communications today launched a new initiative, the Green Computer Club, in association with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME).
The initiative is part of the wider MOTC’s Better Connections Program, which enables employers to provide free information and communication technology tools and Internet access to migrant workers in their accommodation places to integrate them into the digital community, keep them connected with their friends and families and sharpen their digital skills. It also increases workers’ awareness of their rights and responsibilities. It is a joint initiative between MOTC and the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs (MADLSA).
Today’s new initiative aims to set up Green Computer Clubs at secondary schools across Qatar to contribute to the process of refurbishing the computers donated from several entities. After being updated and refurbished, computers are delivered and installed at ICT facilities at workers’ accommodation units countywide.
“The Green Computer Clubs initiative creates several educational and environmental benefits. It provides students with hands-on educational experience based on studying problems and resolving them. It encourages students to solve problems within a student-centric educational environment, thus sharpening their critical thinking and teamwork skills,” said MOTC’s Assistant Undersecretary for Digital Society Development Affairs Ms. Reem Al-Mansoori.
“The initiative also promotes the use of eco-friendly ICTs, thus inculcating in students the concepts of electronic waste management, recycling and green technology,” she added.
“A great part of the initiative,” she said, “is that students actually dedicate their efforts and time to support worthy social causes, given the fact that the computers that they refurbish later go to ICT facilities where workers live.”
The initiative is a collaborative effort. MEHE is responsible for setting up Green Computer Clubs at secondary schools, registering students and giving them the space to gain real hands-on experience in terms of resolving donated computers’ problems and making them ready for reuse. This also increases their awareness of social responsibility. MME helps in electronic waste processing and recycling, thus raising students’ awareness of e-waste management, recycling and green technology.