Limpopo: Online library introduced to assist learners during lockdown

Given the current schools’ closure and the countrywide lockdown, Satech, a local Limpopo company based in Thohoyandou, has launched an online content library to assist Limpopo learners to continue with their studies in the comfort of their homes.

While the learners will be effectively based at home without access to an educator, the online platform will help them to have access to their studies throughout the day without worrying about attending classes. Additional features include free computer lessons as well as grade 12 past exam papers with answers.

Helping students at this uncertain time

Satech Director, Enos Magwabeni said there is a need to assist learners during this time when the world is faced with tough times after the outbreak of the Pandemic.

“It was important for us to step in because although learners are not going to school, they will definitely have to write examinations at the end of the year. We support government in their schools catch up programmes but it is vital to give an opportunity to learners to continue with their education without physically going to school. This online platform will definitely change the game of education in our society.”

Content library will remain relevant even after the crisis

“We have partnered with Eduvod South Africa to deploy the electronic learning system in schools in Limpopo. The lack of infrastructure and over-crowding in our schools has always been a challenge in our education system. This 4IR based e-Learning system, designed with rural challenges in mind, provides teachers and learners alike with SA CAPS curriculum aligned content structured by subject, grade, and week of learning, as well as international content to take learning to a new level.

This enables learners to find electronic content in the form of notes, videos and interactive virtual lab to assist them with their lessons, delivered by subject professionals with emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects,” he explained.

Magwabeni said the modern educational content library works offline in the school, requiring no internet connection and no mobile data use from the school, and will enable all learners in the school to have access to an extensive library of e-learning content on their mobile devices (cell-phones or tablets) over WiFi, or on the school’s personal computers.

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