Urgent Call on Mobile Network Operators to Zero-Rate the Mobile Services of Public Benefit Organisations to Allow Early Learning and Education to Continue – Image courtesy of Joburg Libraries
The DG Murray Trust calls on mobile network operators to urgently zero-rate the services of all public benefit organisations (PBOs) that provide digital content for early learning and education. In this way, preschool and schooling will be able to continue to some extent, reaching children on cellphones in their own homes. This is crucial, given the closure of early childhood development centres and schools.
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Nal’ibali to Push for Free Access to Public Libraries in a Quest to Improve Reading in South Africa
As the new year starts, much of South Africa’s focus has been on education, with matric results being announced and scores of children starting grade 1. However, given the state of the education system in South Africa, one might ask what determines success for children who start school and then stay in school until passing their matric certificate 12 years later? The ability to…
