New ‘paperless’ education system launches
The project would be launched by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Gauteng MEC for education Panyaza Lesufi and Gauteng premier David Makhura.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, Telecommunications Minister Siyabonga Cwele and Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Mzwandile Masina were also expected to attend.
Lesufi addressed media at the school on Tuesday, a day before the official launch of the project.
“Tomorrow morning in this school, we are officially burying the chalk board, we are officially burying the duster, we are officially burying the chalk,” he said.
“Gone are the days when they have to write in exercise books and hand in the assignment.”
The department hopes to roll the project out to all Gauteng township and rural schools by the end of the 2017/2018 financial year at an estimated cost of R17bn.
All high school children will be provided with a tablet computer and Grade 7 pupils in primary schools will be trained to use the devices.
At the launch, a number of people walked around wearing T-shirts bearing the slogan “wired for life”.
A procession was expected to go to Soshanguve South Secondary School later in the morning to launch the project there too.
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.While innovation and technology is important, there should be a combination of the technology and the art of reading and writing skills.what you think gets translated onto your fingers and there is a channel for smooth flow of thoughts.writing also helps the child in flexing the fingers else they would become rigid.Anything which is not used can get redundant in the long run.if one forgets to hold a pen he will not only stop using his left brain but also will stop his creative thinking.
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I think that technology in our dynamic world is not bad at all. However, the evil I foresee ahead of the all-machine-based human activity is that the coming generation may become none innovative, non-explorative, and none critical thinkers who might be very inhuman.