The Gauteng Department of
Education (GDE) has noted with concern media reports suggesting that the
department will completely withdraw the 88 000 tablets distributed to
schools as part of the e-Learning Solution Programme, as a result of these
tablets being stolen from schools.
This is incorrect. The Gauteng MEC for Education, Panyaza
Lesufi, announced in a media briefing yesterday that the department would retrieve
these tables from schools to install them with additional security features e.g
tracking devices and they will be returned back to schools.
Since the distribution of the
88 000 tablets over 3000 have been stolen. This prompted the MEC to temporarily
retrive them for the installation of additional security features.
Of the approximately 6 200 tablets, with tracking
devices deployed to the 7 schools this year, so far, 11 tablets have been
stolen/ lost and 5 were subsequently recovered.
Six tablets have not been switched on since they went missing and as a
result, have not been recovered.
The department is commited to
implementing the paperless classroom project and nothing will stop our quest or
derail our efforts of giving the learners of Gauteng the best possible
education in our lifetime.
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