If ever there were a time to capitalise on the fact that there is a cellphone in just about every home, it’s now. Schools, preschools, reading circles, health clubs, antenatal classes, job-skills workshops and a wide variety of community-support programmes have been cancelled. The pipeline of learning and teaching to millions of children has been abruptly cut off and is unlikely to start flowing again for several months.
The poorest 20% to 30% of families, mostly living in informal settlements and rural areas, do not have smartphones. They rely on data-based messaging services for information and interaction, and the use of the “” function in emergencies. They do not have access to sophisticated, interactive websites and mobile applications that help to guide and facilitate learning.
Some of these programmes are large, reaching across South Africa, while many are local, deeply embedded in their local communities. It is this network that we need to draw on now to reach the millions of children and young people who have been thrown into an educational desert.
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