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Monday, August 11, 2014

DID YOU KNOW?: 1650 Schools Benefit from 2010 FIFA World Cup

Sibukosethu Primary School is benefiting

Like1650 schools benefiting from the 2010 World Cup Legacy Schools' Connectivity Project, teachers and learners at Sibukosethu Primary School are starting to feel it that "Phillip is here" when in fact the world cup is long gone in 2010. The 20 laptops in a trolley, a digital projector, a printer and the internet connectivity received by the schools came with the project funded by the 2010 World Cup.
Teachers at Sibukosethu Primary School training session

Teachers at Sibukosethu are being trained to enjoy the full benefits of the project such as:
  • accessing information aligned to curriculum and enrichment
  • sharing of resources, expertise and advices using online tools
  • access to update school data anytime is now possible
  • conduct research with learners
  • visiting internet sites such as Thutong Educational portal, Digital Classroom, Edu-clouds and many more for educational content.
The project is possible and supported by the White Paper on e-education which presents a new framework for collaboration of Government and the Private Sector in the provision of ICTs in education. Vodacom Foundation, Cisco, Microsoft, Schoolnet, MindsetLearn, Intel, Telkom and two government departments; Department of Basic Education and the Department of Communications together with the hosting nine provincial departments will monitor and support the project including training teachers on ICTs in education. 





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