OPINIONISTA: To help fix the jobs crisis, bring on smartphone app-renticeships

It is clear that those young people betrayed by our education system need another chance at education. And we, as a society, owe them this chance.

But what is missing is a formal system of using smartphones for education, and crucially, a set of qualifications.Freely available to anyone who wants to use them, is a series of apps designed specifically for South Africans. There is no limit to what can be done: the apps can range from an introduction to maths to geography to the aeronautical engineering courses on offer at specialised schools in Gauteng. They would be free to download and use, and, importantly, would not be boring.

The same strategy can be used here. Tutors, people who are simply one or two levels above their peers in the same geographical area, can provide help and inspiration. As anyone who has been formally educated will tell you, it’s more fun to learn with someone than to learn alone.Economist recently reported

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