Covid-19 has forced universities and colleges to take much of their teaching online and presented an opportunity to improve and expand this model

Education in South Africa is dismally unequal, and Covid-19 has exacerbated the crisis. Investment in infrastructure is crucial

The assumption of digital fluency for staff and students threatens a socially just education system

Technology offers students a richer learning experience and helps prepare them for the workplace

Knowing the learners and teachers and what they need is essential to reform in the school system

Especially in a country like South Africa with its huge inequalities, a digital divide and teacher unions

The university plans to teach online as South Africa’s lockdown continues, and is offering zero-rated data for its teaching sites, as well as computing devices for students