Cape school-kids to get free tablets

Helen Zille (Image: GCIS)

Premier Helen Zille revealed her government's plans to use tablets while attending the launch of a teacher training programme in Mitchells Plain on Monday (8 July).

This week more than 9,000 grade 7, 9 and 12 teachers are to undergo training in the third phase of the teaching programme, which is to be implemented next year. They are being trained on the pace of teaching, curriculum coverage and pupil assessment.

"Technology has become a very important component of education," said Zille. "We have succeeded in getting a computer lab into every school in Western Cape - now we are looking at introducing telematics," she added.

Pupils will be able to download subject content and work out where they should be in the curriculum. Zille said the provision of the tablet computers "will be costly but worth every cent".

Western Cape's education budget for 2013/14 is R15.6 billion.

Source: The Times via I-Net Bridge