Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, will today, on the first day of the new school year, launch a paperless education system pilot project in Tembisa.
Ekurhuleni executive mayor, Clr Mondli Gungubele, will deliver a welcoming address at the historic launch of the paperless education system pilot project at Boitumelong Secondary School.
The launch of this project, “The Big Switch On”, will see classrooms in seven schools in Gauteng 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).
The other six schools involved in the project are Phomolong Secondary in Tembisa, Thandi Eleanor Sibeko Secondary in Duduza, Tlamatlama Primary School in Tembisa, Sunward Park in Boksburg, Ponelopele Oracle Secondary in Ivory Park and Tshepisa Primary School in Tembisa.These schools will experience for the first time state of the art technology to support effective teaching and learning in the classroom.
The Big Switch On Pilot Project is the first step in realising Gauteng’s vision which aspires to build a world-class education system by modernising public education and improve the standard of performance of the entire system.
On the same day all members of the executive council (MECs) in Gauteng will be deployed to six other schools as part of the Big Switch On launch and the school re-opening campaign.
