IVeki ye-EdTech yaseMzantsi Afrika ka-2025 yaqhutyelwa ukususela kumhla wama-28 ukuya kwama-30 ku-Oktobha kwiBrickfield Canvas ye-UVU Africa eKapa, kunyaka wayo wesine, ihlanganiswe yi-Injini ngentsebenziswano neMastercard Foundation ne-UVU Africa. I-Sheen yayibonisa apho.

Umxholo yayiyingxoxo ngokwawo

Umxholo ka-2025 wawusithi “Building EdTech Readiness in Under-Resourced Contexts”, kwaye yingxelo etsolo ngaphezu kokuba umxholo wenkomfa uqhele ukuba njalo. Isiseko: itekhnoloji yemfundo inako ukuvala imisantsa yokwenene kwimfundo yaseMzantsi Afrika, kodwa impembelelo ifuna ukuya ngaphaya lee kokufikelela. Izikolo, ootitshala nabafundi kufuneka bakulungele ukuzamkela nokuzidibanisa ngokunentsingiselo ezi zixhobo — nto leyo ethetha ubungqina, ukwakhiwa kwamandla nenkxaso yomxokelelwano, kungekhona ukufika kwezixhobo kuphela.

Yinto eluncedo leyo ukuba igumbi elizele ziinkampani ze-edtech lihlale nayo. Kwakhona, malunga, sisifundo esasisifunda ngendlela enzima kwiintsebenziswano zezikolo unyaka wonke.

Kubonakala njani ukulunga xa ujonge ngasecaleni lezixhobo

Isitendi sethu sasisesokusebenza ngezandla, njengesiqhelo — iibhodi zikhutshiwe, izakhiwo zisebenza, kulindeleke ukuba iindwendwe zibambe izinto ngezandla. Kodwa iincoko kumsitho onje aziyiyo leyo uyifumana kumboniso wesikolo. Abafundisi, ababoneleli ngemali, abasunguli nabasebenzi besebe babuza ngezinto ezingekho kwiposta:

• Kwenzeka ntoni xa yaphukile? Kwisikolo esiswele izixhobo, ikhithi engalungiseki lilahleko engunaphakade, ayisingxaki nje encinci.
• Ifuna ntoni ukuze isebenze? Ubungakanani be-bandwidth, izixhobo, umbane neemvume ze-IT zizithintelo zokwenene, kwaye isixhobo esithatha ukuba zonke ezo zine zikhona sisixhobo sezikolo ezinezixhobo ezaneleyo kuphela.
• Ngubani oyifundisayo? Kungekhona “ngaba lukhona uqeqesho”, koko: zingaphi iiyure, ngubani ozihlawulayo, nokuba kwenzeka ntoni xa loo titshala emka.
• Buyintoni ubungqina? Iimpendulo ezinyanisekileyo apha zimfutshane, kwaye eli candelo lingcono ngenxa yabantu ababuzayo.

Kutheni sibonisa kwimisitho enje

Isizathu sorhwebo sokubonisa kwiveki ye-edtech asisikhulu. Esona sizathu kukuba yenye yeendawo ezimbalwa apho abantu abakha izixhobo, abantu abazixhasa ngemali nabantu abamele baphile nazo bakwisakhiwo esinye iintsuku ezintathu.

I-Sheen ikwindawo engaqhelekanga kwelo gumbi: senza izixhobo, sibhale ikharityhulam size siqhube namagumbi okufundela ngokwethu. Oko kuthetha ukuba xa umntu echaza indlela into esilela ngayo, sihlala sinako ukutsho ukuba sikhe sadibana nayo na — kwaye xa singazange sadibana nayo, sidla ngokuva ngayo phambi kokuphela kosuku.

Funda iingcinga zethu ezibanzi ngale nto kwiInsights, okanye ubone indlela iinkqubo zethu zezikolo eziluphatha ngayo uqeqesho nenkxaso.