Esimpoziyamu ye-4IR ne-IoT Hackathon ye-MICTSETA ngoMeyi 2026, iqembu labafundi lenza into izingxoxo eziningi zenqubomgomo ezikhuluma ngayo kuphela: bakhe isisombululo sepulazi elihlakaniphile esisebenzayo basethula ngqo kuNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo Ephakeme waseNingizimu Afrika. Ngumzuzu omncane onophawu olukhulu. Lapho abafundi bengabeka i-prototype eqhutshwa yizinzwa phambi komuntu owakha isabelomali samakhono ezwe, ibanga eliphakathi kwesu le-4IR eliphepheni nalokho intsha ekwazi ukukwenza ngempela liba mfishane kakhulu.

Lokhu wukuphawula, hhayi umbiko wokuqala. Ngezansi yilokho lo mzuzu okutshela izikole, amaqembu nabazali ngendawo umfutho wamakhono e-4IR obhekise kuyo, nalokho ongakwenza ngawo ngempela.

Kwenzekani

Amaqiniso alula. Esimpoziyamu ye-4IR ne-IoT Hackathon ye-MICTSETA ngoMeyi 2026, abafundi bakhe isisombululo sepulazi elihlakaniphile basethula kuNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo Ephakeme. I-MICTSETA yi-Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority, isikhungo esiqhuba izinhlelo zamakhono zomkhakha we-ICT. Ngakho i-hackathon eqhutshwa ngaphansi kwegama layo ihlala eduze kwezintambo ezixhasa ngempela ukuqeqeshwa. Ifomethi ye-hackathon icindezela wonke umjikelezo wokwakha ube usuku noma ezimbili: khetha inkinga, wakhe i-prototype, bese uyibonisa isebenza ngaphambi kokuphela kwesikhathi.

Ukulima okuhlakaniphile kuyafaneleka kuleyo fomethi. Inkinga iyabonakala, izinzwa zishibhile, futhi umvuzo kulula ukuwubonisa etafuleni. Kuxhuma futhi ikhono lesikrini nento iNingizimu Afrika enendaba nayo kakhulu, okuwukudla, amanzi nomhlaba.

Kungani ukubonakala okusuka ku-hackathon kuye enqubomgomweni kubalulekile

Ingxoxo eningi ye-4IR yenzeka kuma-slide deck. I-prototype yomfundi phambi kukangqongqoshe yenza izinto ezintathu i-slide deck engenakuzenza.

• Yenza umgudu ubonakale. Abenzi benqubomgomo bezwa okuningi ngokushoda kwamakhono ngendlela engacacile. Idivayisi esebenzayo eyakhiwe abafundi besikole ingubufakazi bokuthi ithalente likhona kusenesikhathi, nokuthi umkhawulo wukufinyelela nokusekelwa, hhayi ikhono.
• Ifushanisa umjikelezo wempendulo. Lapho abantu ababa nesabelomali sokuqeqesha bebona lokho abafundi asebekwazi ukukwenza ngekhithi encane, isizathu sokuxhasa okwengeziwe siyeka ukuba yinkulumo nje.
• Ishintsha umbono wokuthi ubani owenza i-4IR. Umfundi, hhayi umeluleki, omile ngemuva kwalokho okwakhiwe utshela wonke omunye umfundi ezweni ukuthi lo mnyango uvulekile nakuye.

Akukho kulokhu okuqinisekisa ushintsho lwenqubomgomo. Kodwa ukubonakala yiyona ndlela umfutho oqala ngayo, futhi i-hackathon ingenye yezindawo ezimbalwa lapho intsha eneminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu nomenzi wezinqumo begcina bebheke i-prototype eyodwa esebenzayo.

Ukwakha ipulazi elihlakaniphile kufundisani ngempela

Susa amagama amahle bese uthola ukuthi iphrojekthi yepulazi elihlakaniphile iyisithungu esihlelekile samakhono adluliselekayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi abafundi babonisani, lolu wuhlobo lomsebenzi ngokujwayelekile.

• Ukuzwa: ukufunda ukuswakama komhlabathi, izinga lokushisa noma ukukhanya, nokufunda ukuthemba noma ukungabaza inombolo.
• Ukulawula: ukuvula iphampu noma ifeni uma umkhawulo weqiwe, bese uyivala futhi.
• Idatha: ukurekhoda izibalo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi nokubona ukuthambekela esikhundleni senani elilodwa.
• Ukuxhumana: ukukhipha isibalo edivayisini usiyise efonini noma kudeshibhodi.

Leso sinyathelo sokugcina yilapho i-IoT esegameni le-hackathon ihlala khona. Ukuxhuma inzwa yepulazi kudeshibhodi elisemafini kuyiphethini efanayo engemuva kwe-prototype yokuphepha kwasekhaya noma imonitha yefektri, ngakho ikhono lihamba libe kude nezolimo. E-academy yethu leyo phethini yokuxhumana yilokho iplatifomu efana ne-sheenIoT ekhona ukuze ikufundise, futhi ukwakha kwe-hydroponic noma kwepulazi elihlakaniphile kungenye yezindlela ezinobungane kakhulu zokungena ngoba ungabona isitshalo siphendula kulokho ikhodi yakho ekunqumayo. Iphuzu akulona ikhithi ethile. Ukuthi umfundi angabamba wonke lawa makhono amane kuphrojekthi eyodwa ayiqonda kusukela ekuqaleni kuya ekugcineni.

Yini izikole, amaqembu nabazali abangayenza ngakho

Isihloko sesimpoziyamu siyashabalala ngokushesha. Impendulo ewusizo wukuguqula ukubonakala kube umkhuba.

• Faka iqembu, hhayi iqhawe. Ukwakhiwa kwamapulazi ahlakaniphile e-hackathon kuvuza inhlanganisela yamakhono, ngakho bhangqa umbhali wekhodi nomuntu okwazi ukuxhuma izinzwa nomuntu okwazi ukwethula. Wonke umuntu ufunda okwengeziwe.
• Khetha inkinga yasendaweni. Ithaneli eyoma ngempelasonto ende, noma umpompi oshiywe ugobhoza, kudlula idemo evamile. Abahluleli nongqongqoshe bakhumbula izinkinga abazibonayo.
• Yakha kubukeke kubi, wethule kucacile. I-breadboard neteyipha kulungile ekwakheni. Chitha ihora lokugcina wenza indaba icace: yini eyizwayo, yini eyinqumayo, yini eyenzayo.
• Gcina lokho okwakhile. I-prototype esebenzayo ithwebuleka kahle futhi isetshenziswa kabusha kahle. Iba yingxenye yephothifoliyo, umbukiso wosuku lokuvulekile lwesikole, kanye nembewu yephrojekthi yonyaka ozayo.
• Landela uxhaso. Ama-SETA nemicimbi efana nalona bashicilela izinhlelo nezimemo zezicelo. Uthisha ozilandelayo angaqondisa abafundi ezifundweni ezixhasiwe nasemathubeni omsebenzi angempela, hhayi ezitifiketini kuphela.

Uma isikole sakho sifuna indawo enengcindezi encane yokuqala, umhlangano wokusebenza wamaholide uyinguqulo ethambile yalo mjikelezo ofanayo: yakha into encane, uyibonise, uyithuthukise. I-hackathon ilowo mjikelezo nje onengcindezi nezethameli okukhuliswe kokubili.

Okokugcina

Indaba efanele ukuphuma kwisimpoziyamu ye-4IR ye-MICTSETA akukhona ukuthi iqembu elilodwa lihlabe umxhwele ungqongqoshe. Ukuthi indlela emfushane kunazo zonke esuka emgomweni wenqubomgomo ye-4IR iye ekhonweni langempela idlula etafuleni elinephrothothayiphi esebenzayo phezu kwalo. Izikole azidingi ukulinda isimemo sesimpoziyamu ukuze zakhe lelo tafula. Inkinga yasendaweni, izinzwa ezimbalwa, neqembu elizimisele ukwethula kwanele ukuqala, futhi ukwakha ngakunye kwenza okulandelayo kube lula.