Deputy President to participate in launch of the Big Switch On project
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow, supported by Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi, launch the new paperless education system pilot project, The Big Switch On, at the Boitumelong Secondary School in Sedibeng Section, Tembisa.
The launch of the pilot project, the Big Switch on, takes place within the backdrop of the opening of inland schools for the 2015 academic year. In this context, Deputy President Ramaphosa, the Premier Mkhura and MEC Lesufi will conduct an oversight visit to ensure full scale readiness for learning and teaching from the first day of the school calendar.
The launch of this pilot project, will see classrooms in seven schools in Gauteng being turned into “Classrooms of the Future”, enabling learners to have access to learning material, workbooks and other subject matter through the use of Information Communications Technology (ICT).
Following the visit to Tembisa, the Deputy President accompanied by the Premier and Education MEC, will visit Soshanguve South Secondary School where they are expected to instill a culture of learning on the first day of the reopening of schools as well as tackle identified challenges of substance abuse among its learners.
