Tonga on the 'NET - Queen Salote College, Computer Studies Computer Studies at the College Computers have been experimented with at the college many years back for students in commercial studies but had not been incorporated into the regular course offerings until a 1st phase experiment in 1997 by the Principal and a visiting Peace Corp Volunteer, Beth Cook.
Students use PCs connected on a network to access shared information and complete their assignments.
There is no Internet access on campus, costs are very high, but we hope to provide e-mail access in 1999 with assistance from patrons. We started this year from the impossible but thank God for enabling us to make it possible at the end of this wonderful year of studies. But lucky that Mr. Samiuela Taufa the FWC Computer coordinating officer gave his time to help out training teachers to do this task. Computer studies were optional for F4 to F6 with a total enrolment of approximately 120 students who are accessed to only 12 computers. Form 6 was given the first priority for the room in order to complete the requirements for their Internal Assessment projects.