E-LEARNING
Can private sector shake up basic education?
Can the private sector help to shake up basic education in SA? A number of firms have tech solutions in place
The state’s failure to deliver textbooks to schools without incident has, for years, dogged SA’s already ailing basic education system.Digital textbooks and online learning materials could solve the problem and raise the country’s education standards, according to private sector players who are wading into this space.Companies such as Vodacom and Snapplify (which is backed by former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan) are punting the idea and say they have buy-in from the public sector.Jordaan, whose plans to shake up the banking sector with digital platform Bank Zero are better known, has three investments in the education space, including a Montessori school, which promotes critical thinking."Sadly, we are still failing the youth of SA. We regularly come last in international comparisons for maths and science, and our high unemployment rate is linked directly to low education outcomes," he says.While the unemployment rate among graduates "is very low", graduates are in short supply.In 2015, ...
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