- Policy Brief: e-Education is a Crucial Platform for Improving Education in South Africa0.57 MB
The world is shifting towards knowledge-based economies. To produce inclusive growth, South Africa needs to produce successive generations of well-educated young people who contribute to socioeconomic development. The White Paper on e-Education was adopted in 2004, yet financing of e-education is limited in the national and provincial spheres of government, except for Gauteng and the Western Cape. The performance of e-education across the education system appears to be sub-optimal, which could exacerbate the ‘digital divide’, marginalising further poor and rural children from participating in the emerging knowledge economy. Yet, if properly funded, e-education can contribute to improving the quality of education.
Policy brief by the Financial and Fiscal Commission
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