Providing data to home schoolers that can't afford it - Alan Knott Craig

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The transition from classroom education to home schooling can be easy if you have internet access. One of the Biznews contributors Anton Roux related how his daughter’s day has not changed much during the Covid-19 lockdown as she sits down in front of her laptop for lessons until the school day ends. For many other families in the country, it is not that easy as they do not have access to the internet. The charity Project Isizwe is enabling some poorer families to continue education by providing them with modems and data. But as Allan Knott-Graig told Alec Hogg it is a short-term solution during the novel coronavirus outbreak. The cost of data in South Africa is too expensive to provide internet to communities over the longer term. – Linda van Tilburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Apr 2020 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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