Explore how the digital education landscape shapes the future of South African youth and why robust online safety measures are essential for every learner, regardless of their school's resources.
If the future of South Africa is shaped by the opportunities we create for young people today, then the promise of a digital education and the opportunities it provides is one of our most important and urgent endeavours.
So too is the digital security of Gen Alpha’s classrooms.
A connected classroom can give a learner – even in the most rural of South African communities – access to the same learning materials, research tools and digital skills as a learner in a well-resourced urban school, which is reason enough to give the project the serious attention it deserves.
According to the Department of Basic Education (DBE), more than 545 000 learner ICT devices and over 30 000 teacher ICT devices were procured between the 2022/23 and 2023/24 financial years, while 10 588 classrooms were equipped with ICT resources for teaching and learning.
