Teenagers are pairing up with senior citizens to mentor them on how to use computers and the Internet.

Senior students spent a month training in February and then met with their paired senior once a week to help them navigate new technology.

Minister of Telecommunications Neletha Butterfield thanked everyone involved in the pilot programme 'Seniors to Seniors' earlier this week.

She said: "When the seniors here today were children in school, terms such as e-mail and the Internet, were yet to be invented.

"If you had told someone you were going to go home and "go online" or "surf the web" you would have gotten some peculiar looks.

"However, today's children are learning an entirely new language and set of skills based on technology and online communications.

"But these new technologies and tools should be available for everyone to use — young and old alike.

"Technology and its uses should not be the sole domain of the youth — seniors can utilise technology in ways they perhaps can't even fathom.

"The success of this pilot programme will ensure that more seniors are given the opportunity to expand their horizons and embrace technology. It will also enable more school seniors to help their elders navigate the world of computers and help them to become more empathetic to those who grew up before computers were invented."

The students taught seniors how to work a PC, common computer terms, how to create an e-mail and add attachments to emails. They also showed them how to search for things on the Internet, save favourite sites and purchase things online.