TV classrooms – the technology already exists, but corona is forcing it into the mainstream
25 March 2020
The technology needed to offer school education through distance learning is already widely in use. Thus, the technology is available and has already been tested on a limited scale.
This is important seeing as the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, announced on Tuesday that when schools reopen, classes will be presented over the television.
She encouraged parents to still wake their children up, have them get dressed in their school clothes and do their schoolwork.
Her Department is simultaneously making use of the opportunity to speed up the migration to digital education, particularly in less privileged households with grade 9 and 12 learners.