The Dispatch went to take a closer look at the project which is a joint initiative of the Department of Basic Education, Science and Technology, and the Eastern Cape Education. It also involved the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)….for the complete article
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Merryl talks Cofimvaba with e.tv
Merryl talks Cofimvaba with e.tv – check out the video
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Speech by the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile E Nkwinto, MP, during the tabling of the 2013/14 Budget Vote in National Assembly – 31 May 2013
ICT facilities are being rolled-out to schools; for example, the Cofimvaba e-Textbook programme which involves the rollout of the required IT backbone infrastructure to a 26 school education circuit, and the provision of a tablet device to every pupil and teacher involved. This is done in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology…… read […]
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Skoolmeisies toets tegnologie – Beeld 31 Mei 2013
’n Groep skoolmeisies van Pretoria het wetenskaplikes van die WNNR gister gehelp om tegnologie vir die Digital Doorway-projek uit te toets. Sowat 30 meisies van onder meer die Pretoria Girls High School, die Hoërskool Menlopark en die Hoërskool Willowmore het die WNNR vir Cell C se nasionale Bring ’n meisiekind werk toe-dag besoek. Navorsers van […]
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Technology boost for rural schools – Vodacom 16 May 2013
From filling hungry bellies to high-tech tablet e-learning, schools in the Eastern Cape’s Cofimvaba municipality – one of the poorest regions in South Africa’s poorest province – are getting a technology makeover with the R6-million Cofimvaba School District Technology Project, an experiment in whether and how technology can improve teaching in rural areas….read complete article
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The race to fix schooling in the Easter Cape – Public Sector Manager, 2013/01/01
When Mandla Makupula was appointed Eastern Cape MEC of Education in 2010, the Department was limping towards the end of a school year characterised by many setbacks. … Read the complete article here Public Sector Manager_Cofimvaba_1
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Technology Boosts teaching – Daily Dispatch, 2012/12/04
A Cofimvaba Schools District Project aimed at contributing to the improvement of education in the rural area through technological innovation, was launched yesterday …. Read the full article here: Daily Dispatch (2012/12/04)
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Tech ‘can help’ in Eastern Cape crisis – Business Day, 2012/12/05
Technology will go a long way to reduce the challenges in the Eastern Cape’s rural schools … read the complete here
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