Earlier this year Cyril Ramaphosa made it very clear that inclusion will be an objective he intends to see come to fruition during his presidency. This is commendable – but is it realistic? Jenny Retief is of the opinion that coding alone will not prepare today’s children to face the fourth industrial revolution. She continues to say There should be a shift. Moving into Grade R and up, rather than ring-fencing subjects like coding and technology, it would make more sense to inter-weave these subjects into all aspects of the school curricula.
Also, the schools infrastructure should be improved first, before thinking of adding coding to the curricula.
GUEST : Jenny Retief, CEO Riversands Incubation Hub