BASIC EDUCATION Minister Angie Motshekga says the department is ready to phase in digitised textbooks from next year.
The Minister recently participated in a debate on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in the National Assembly in Cape Town.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced this during SONA that over the next six years, government will provide every school child in South Africa with digital workbooks and textbooks on a tablet device.
The president said 90 per cent of textbooks in high enrolment subjects across all grades and all workbooks have already been digitised.
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“A comprehensive ICT plan has already been developed to provide a framework for an affordable and sustainable implementation of ICTs in education, which include digital content resource development (digitisation); ICT professional development for management; teaching and learning; as well as ICT infrastructure and schools connectivity,” Motshekga said.
She said the department is encouraged by government’s commitment to work with them on these plans.
“As the President indicated during his SONA, in 2019 we will prepare the system for phasing in the rollout of the programme beginning with Quintile 1-3 schools located in rural communities and farms, especially multi-grade and multiphase schools, and special schools will be prioritised for the deployment of ICT infrastructure and resources.”
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