Tablets in gauteng schools
Police recover 33 stolen tablets meant for e-learning
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.
'Wired for Life' includes the use of interactive boards, laptops and tablets.
Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi officially launched the paperless classroom programme in Soweto today.
The rollout is part of the departments ‘wired for life’ campaign that will see classrooms go paperless.
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.
The first day of the 2015 academic year has started for inland schools.
The Gauteng Education Department says it has completed 98 percent of school admissions.
Panyaza Lesufi says there will be coordinated effort between police and the community to guard the equipment.
The schools will receive state-of-the-art internet connections at no expense to government.
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.