Kwisimpoziyam ye-4IR neHackathon ye-IoT ye-MICTSETA ngoMeyi 2026, iqela labafundi lenza into iingxoxo ezininzi zomgaqo-nkqubo ezithetha ngayo kuphela: lakha isisombululo sefama ekrelekrele esisebenzayo laza lasibonisa ngqo kuMphathiswa weMfundo ePhakamileyo woMzantsi Afrika. Ngumzuzu omncinane onomqondiso omkhulu. Xa abafundi bekwazi ukubeka iprothotayipu eqhutywa ziinzwa phambi komntu owenza uhlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lwezakhono zelizwe, umsantsa ophakathi kwesicwangciso se-4IR esiphepheni noko umntwana oselula anokukwenza ngokwenene uba mfutshane kakhulu.

Le yingxelo yezimvo, ayilodaba elitsha. Ngezantsi kuchazwa oko lo mzuzu ukuxelela izikolo, amaqela nabazali ngendlela ekuya ngayo umfutho wezakhono ze-4IR, nento onokuyenza ngayo ngokusebenzayo.

Kwenzeka ntoni

Iinyaniso zilula. Kwisimpoziyam ye-4IR neHackathon ye-IoT ye-MICTSETA ngoMeyi 2026, abafundi bakha isisombululo sefama ekrelekrele basibonisa uMphathiswa weMfundo ePhakamileyo. I-MICTSETA yiMedia, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority, iziko eliqhuba iinkqubo zezakhono kwicandelo le-ICT. Ngoko ke i-hackathon ephantsi kwebhanile yayo ihleli kufuphi kwiilivha ezizixhasa ngokwenene ngemali uqeqesho. Ifomathi ye-hackathon icutha lonke ixesha lokwakha libe lusuku okanye ezimbini: khetha ingxaki, wakhe umzekelo wesisombululo, uze uwubonise usebenza phambi kokuba liphele ixesha.

Ukulima okukrelekrele kuyifanele le fomathi. Ingxaki iyabonakala, iinzwa zitshiphu, kwaye umphumo ulula ukuwubonisa etafileni. Kwakhona kudibanisa isakhono sesikrini nento uMzantsi Afrika oyikhathalele ngokunzulu: ukutya, amanzi nomhlaba.

Kutheni kubalulekile ukubonakala kwe-hackathon kubenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo

Uninzi lweengxoxo ze-4IR lwenzeka kwiislayidi. Iprothotayipu eyakhiwe ngumfundi ephambi komphathiswa yenza izinto ezintathu iislayidi ezingenakuzenza.

• Ibonakalisa umjelo wetalente. Abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo bahlala beva ngokunqongophala kwezakhono ngendlela engacacanga. Isixhobo esisebenzayo esakhiwe ngabafundi abasesikolweni bubungqina bokuba italente ikhona kwasekuqaleni, nokuba into engekhoyo lithuba nenkxaso, ingesibo ubuchule.
• Ifinyeza ixesha lempendulo. Xa abantu ababela imali yoqeqesho bebona into abafundi abasele bekwazi ukuyenza ngezixhobo ezinganeno, isizathu sokuxhasa okungakumbi siyeka ukuba yingcinga nje.
• Itshintsha umbono wokuba ngubani owenza i-4IR. Umfundi, ingengocebisi, emi ngasemva kwento eyakhiweyo uxelela wonke omnye umfundi kweli lizwe ukuba nalo eli cango livulekile nakubo.

Akukho nanye kwezi nto iqinisekisa utshintsho lomgaqo-nkqubo. Kodwa ukubonakala kuyindlela oqala ngayo umfutho, kwaye i-hackathon lelinye lamathuba ambalwa apho umntwana oneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu nomenzi wezigqibo bagqibela bejonge kwiprothotayipu enye esebenzayo.

Kufundisa ntoni ngokwenene ukwakha ifama ekrelekrele

Susa amagama amakhulu uze ubone ukuba iprojekthi yefama ekrelekrele liqoqo elicwangcisiweyo lezakhono ezinokusetyenziswa nakwezinye iindawo. Nokuba abafundi babonise ntoni na, nantsi imilo yalo msebenzi ngokubanzi.

• Ukuva: ukufunda ukufuma komhlaba, ubushushu okanye ukukhanya, nokufunda ukulithemba okanye ukulibuza elo nani.
• Ulawulo: ukuvula impompo okanye ifeni xa kugqithwe umlinganiselo othile, uze uphinde uyicime.
• Idatha: ukurekhoda okufundwayo ngokuhamba kwexesha nokubona itrendi endaweni yenani elinye.
• Unxibelelwano: ukususa oko kufundiweyo kwisixhobo ukuse kwifowuni okanye kwideshbhodi.

Elo nyathelo lokugqibela lilapho ihlala khona i-IoT esegameni le-hackathon. Ukudibanisa inzwa yasefama nedeshbhodi yelifu yipatheni enye nesetyenziswa kwiprothotayipu yokhuseleko lwasekhaya okanye kwisijongi sefektri, ngoko esi sakhono sihamba mgama ngaphaya kwezolimo. Kwiakhademi yethu, loo patheni yoqhagamshelwano yiyo into iqonga elinje nge-sheenIoT elikhoyo ukuyifundisa, kwaye ukwakha i-hydroponic okanye ifama ekrelekrele yenye yeendlela ezilula zokungena, kuba unokusibona isityalo siphendula koko kugqitywe yikhowudi yakho. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo asiyiyo ikhithi ethile. Kukuba umfundi unokuzibamba zonke ezi zakhono zine kwiprojekthi enye ayiqonda ukusuka ekuqaleni ukuya ekugqibeleni.

Yintoni izikolo, amaqela nabazali abanokuyenza ngayo

Isihloko sesimpoziyam siphela msinya. Impendulo eluncedo kukuguqula ukubonakala kube ngumsebenzi wemihla ngemihla.

• Ngenisa iqela, ingelolo qhawe linye. Ukwakha iifama ezikrelekrele kwi-hackathon kuvuza xa kudityaniswe izakhono ezahlukeneyo, ngoko dibanisa umkhowudi nomntu okwaziyo ukutshintsha iintambo zeenzwa nomntu okwaziyo ukunikela ingxelo. Wonke umntu ufunda ngakumbi.
• Khetha ingxaki yasekuhlaleni. Ithoneli eyoma ngempelaveki ende, okanye impompo eshiywe ivuliwe, ingcono kunomboniso oqhelekileyo. Abagwebi nabaphathiswa bayazikhumbula iingxaki abazaziyo.
• Yakha ngendlela engekho ntle, ubonise ngendlela ecocekileyo. Ibhodi yokwakha neteyiphu zilungile ekwakheni. Chitha iyure yokugqibela usenza ibali licace: ivayintoni, igqiba ntoni, yenza ntoni.
• Yigcine into oyenzileyo. Iprothotayipu esebenzayo ifotwa kakuhle kwaye iphinde isetyenziswe kakuhle. Iba lilungu lefolda yomsebenzi, umboniso wosuku olukhulu lwesikolo, nembewu yeprojekthi yonyaka ozayo.
• Landela imali. Ii-SETA neminyhadala enje ngalo ipapasha iinkqubo nezimemo. Utitshala oyilandelayo unokukhokela abafundi kwiibhursari nakwiindawo zokuqeqeshwa zokwenene, kungabi zizatifikethi kuphela.

Ukuba isikolo sakho sifuna indawo enomngcipheko ophantsi yokuqala, i-wokshophu yeeholide yinguqulelo ethambileyo yaloo nkqubo inye: yakha into encinane, uyibonise, uyiphucule. I-hackathon yiloo nkqubo kanye kodwa kunyuswe uxinzelelo nabaphulaphuli.

Isishwankathelo

Ibali elifanele lithathwe kwisimpoziyam ye-4IR ye-MICTSETA asikokuba iqela elinye lachukumisa umphathiswa. Kukuba eyona ndlela imfutshane ukusuka kwinjongo yomgaqo-nkqubo we-4IR ukuya kwisakhono sokwenene idlula kwitafile eneprothotayipu esebenzayo phezu kwayo. Izikolo azidingi ukulinda isimemo sesimpoziyam ukuze zakhe leyo tafile. Ingxaki yasekuhlaleni, iinzwa ezimbalwa, neqela elizimiseleyo ukunikela ingxelo kwanele ukuqala, kwaye ukwakha ngakunye kwenza okulandelayo kube lula.