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Open Educational Resources: One solution to a more literate Africa?
A shift to remote learning and teaching in 2020 wasn’t easy for South Africa. One of the main roadblocks was connectivity: many students lacked affordable access to the internet to participate in virtual classrooms. In response, educational institutions started offering data packages and even zero-rating online resources – meaning students could access them without needing or using any data.
Masennya Dikotla, the CEO of Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy joins us on the line and he highlights the importance of mother tongue learning. He is of the view that too many African children still have English as a medium of instruction first and the exclusion of mother tongue could pose a challenge for the outcomes of online learning.
Title: [• Mr]
Name: [• Masennya Dikotla]
Position at organisation: [• CEO of Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy ]
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By SAfmA shift to remote learning and teaching in 2020 wasn’t easy for South Africa. One of the main roadblocks was connectivity: many students lacked affordable access to the internet to participate in virtual classrooms. In response, educational institutions started offering data packages and even zero-rating online resources – meaning students could access them without needing or using any data.
Masennya Dikotla, the CEO of Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy joins us on the line and he highlights the importance of mother tongue learning. He is of the view that too many African children still have English as a medium of instruction first and the exclusion of mother tongue could pose a challenge for the outcomes of online learning.
Title: [• Mr]
Name: [• Masennya Dikotla]
Position at organisation: [• CEO of Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy ]