Tablets in the classroom
Police appeal for help after tablets stolen from Diepsloot school
More than 40 tablets were stolen, and 33 were found at an unoccupied backroom of a house after a tip-off.
Eleven more tablets remain unaccounted for after a Gauteng school was burgled last week.
The aim is to improve learning for students by providing digital textbooks and past papers.
Just one week after the rollout of the Gauteng Education Department’s wireless classrooms project, it’s emerged that two schools have been targeted by criminals. EWN visited Kwa-Dukathole High School in Katlehong to investigate.
Several laptops, desktop computers & smartboards were stolen from Phafogang Secondary School in Soweto.
The DA warned the project would be another failure due to the services of Edu-Solution.
Pupils outlined their demands including better sanitation, tablets and interventions to tackle racism.
Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi officially launched the paperless classroom programme in Soweto today.
The DA criticised the Gauteng Education Department for not installing tracking devices on all tablets.
Seven tablets have been stolen this year and five have been tracked down and returned.
Seven township schools made the leap across the digital divide in an ambitious & innovative project that will make textbooks and blackboards unnecessary.Vumani Mkhize reports.
Panyaza Lesufi says there will be coordinated effort between police and the community to guard the equipment.
Phomolong Secondary School in Tembisa is one of 6 schools in Gauteng that will be using tablets this year. The introduction of tablets into the classroom aims to improve & accelerate learning, particularly in township schools. Vumani Mkhize reports.