E-learning comes to Alex schools
Alex schools may soon embrace the concept of e-learning in line with the dictates of the 4IR as iWhiz comes to the township.
Learners in primary and high schools in Alexandra will be part of an e-learning programme that has just been introduced in the institutions and is expected to go a long way in improving the results of learners.
The iWhiz e-learning app is the brainchild of Dr Tholsia Naidoo, the founding director of iWhiz, an e-learning specialist company. Naidoo wanted to introduce it in Alexandra schools and met up with PR councillor of ActionSA ward 107/108/109 and 116 Shadrack Mkhonto who bought into the idea and began to sell the idea to the schools.
Naidoo and Mkhonto organised a workshop at which the heads or representatives of the various schools were taken through their paces on the e-learning programme at the Henley Business School in Fourways.
Not an IT wizard himself, Mkhonto said he relied on one of his IT ‘experts’ to advise him on the project. “The young man was impressed about the innovation and we hit the ground running with the project,” Mkhonto said.
Mkhonto approached Skeen Primary School principal Cornelius Setshedi who also loved it and was then tasked with coordinating it with the rest of his peers in Alex.
The Skeen principal loved the innovation as the school was already in the planning phase of introducing e-learning. “I am excited about this project since it will make teaching easy and fun for the learners to understand,” Setshedi said.
The formal presentation on May 12 was attended by 11 out of 19 heads of schools in the township. “The only way to improve our children’s lives and change the poverty narrative in Alexandra is to invest in education,” Mkhonto said.
The app is integrated with the school curriculum from the entry level of Grade R until Grade 12 and teaching is delivered in the format of animations and videos for all the subjects.
“This is what we call evolving with the times and embracing technology in this 4IR era. Most countries around the globe are currently reforming their education system. As much as their reasons vary, the fact of the matter is that the impact of technology is shaping how industries operate,” Mkhonto concluded.
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