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Educators in the Eastern Cape say that the money used to buy laptops would be better spent on infrastructure.
EASTERN CAPE

Laptops just ornaments for Eastern Cape teachers who are not trained to use them

The department of education has spent about R260-million on laptops with the expectation that the technology would be used for administration.

  • Bongekile Macupe
5 min read
Too much focus on matric pass rate
ANGIE MOTSHEKGA

Rescue plan for teacher laptop project in the works

The education department is drafting a new plan to equip teachers with laptops after funding for the initial project was spent on salaries instead.

  • Nickolaus Bauer
3 min read
BARBARA CREECY

Gauteng teachers get connected

Gauteng provincial education minister Barbara Creecy this week handed out cellphones to principals and officials, in a bid to improve communication.

  • Thabo Mohlala
3 min read
SCHOOLS

Training part of the teacher laptop initiative

<strong>Heins Worst</strong> of the Education Labour Relations Council answers questions about the Teacher Laptop Initiative.

  • Heins Worst
6 min read
DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION

Raising quality

<strong>Nicola Jenvey</strong> reports on an initiative to put technology into school classrooms.

  • Nicola Jenvey
4 min read
Teachers still lack laptops
SOUTH AFRICA

Teachers still lack laptops

The government’s promise to provide every teacher with a portable computer has not yet materialised, writes <b>Thabo Mohlala</b>.

  • Thabo Mohlala
3 min read