Dear Trevor<br><br>Please be advised that the closing date has been extended to Friday 20th June 2008. Hoping to get very exciting and innovative proposals.<br><br>The Department of Land Affairs has been assisting the Department of Education with respect to GIS in schools, since GIS has become part of the school curricula. Most of the teachers have no exposure to GIS and as such we are assisting in building capacity.<br>
<br>As indicated in the email the Department of Land Affairs together with the Office of the Premier (Eastern Cape) and Department of Education (Eastern Cape) having been conducting training on GIS and using QGIS as a software tool. We would like to strengthen our training by having proper training materials, one of the tools we would like to use Open Source Software and also the training material should also take cognizance of the fact that a majority of our schools do not have computers.<br>
<br>Further information on Geography as a subject can be found here <a href="http://www.education.gov.za/Curriculum/Curriculum.asp">http://www.education.gov.za/Curriculum/Curriculum.asp</a> <br><br>Hoping the information above is adequate.<br>
<br>Regards<br><br><br><br>Sindile Bidla<br>Deputy Director: Spatial Information Services<br>Chief Directorate: Spatial Planning & Information<br>Tel: 0437220536<br>Cell: 0823024393<br>Fax: 0437220551<br>email: <a href="mailto:sxjbidla@dla.gov.za">sxjbidla@dla.gov.za</a> <br>
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