Primary Report South Africa Case Study Isla Haddow-Flood and Kelsey Wiens WikiAfrica at the Africa Centre

Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education

//the statistics Total population of South Africa (2011): 51,770,560 # children under 19 in South Africa (2011): 19,103,566 37% of the population Total number of children aged 5-14 (2011): 9,414,637 or 18% of the population

Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education

//the statistics Almost one in three or 29.6% is aged between 0-14 years. South Africa Public Primary Schools: 14,456 Primary Schools 5,992,863 Learners 187,520 Teachers

Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle Willow Smith courtesy of Equa

//challenges Low levels of literacy and numeracy Focus on Matric (Final) exams negate concentration on building blocks of education Chaotic and expensive unsuccessful national dedication to outcomes-based education Lack of trained teachers (in 2010 the pupil/ teacher ratio was 43:1) Over-crowded classrooms Educators do not work regular hours Poor teacher attendance and time inefciency.

Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education

//challenges School infrastructure challenges include: shortage of books and teaching materials Shortage of support and administrative staff Not all schools have access to running water, electricity or toilets Insufcient access for pupils to nutrition and sexual assault and violence in school is on rise; A signicant number of children are in grades that do not reect their age; Students are often not able to complete homework due to household chores being seen as higher priority The impact of HIV is signicant and debilitating. It is reasonable to presume that those problems might be consistent in other African counties

Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education

//OER in South Africa Siyavula In 2012 Siyavula, a Cape Town-based Open Access publisher, began supplying the Department of Basic Education with Grade 10, 11 and 12 Maths and Science textbooks for R40 each. Nalibali Nalibali is isiXhosa for heres the story, they are a national reading-for-enjoyment campaign to designed to spark childrens potential through storytelling and reading

Children at school in the Eastern Cape, 2013. photo: Sydelle Willow Smith courtesy of Equal Education

//OER in South Africa OER4Schools CCE-funded OER4Schools project started in August 2009 with a pilot phase, that was completed in May 2010.They assessed the feasibility of providing Open Educational Resources (OER) to ICT- and Internet-equipped primary schools in Zambia, and of supporting interactive forms of subject pedagogy with the new resources. OER Africa OER Africa is an innovative initiative established by the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide) to play a leading role in driving the development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) across all education sectors on the African continent.

Zambian high schoolers and their mobile phones, by mLearning Africa CC-BY -SA

//Challenges to OER Infrastructure -computers used as admin tools rather than teaching devices -School access to internet intermittent or non-existent -Security and out of school access to technology Teacher knowledge, resources and time constraints

IT training for kids who live in the surrounding farm areas of Stutterheim outside East London in the Eastern Cape. South Africa. Photo:Trevor Samson / World BankFigure

//Mobile in South Africa Mobile penetration in South Africa (by unique subscribers) stood at 63.68%. Unique subscribers in 2012: 32,386,986. The current contract vs prepaid split on connections is 19% contract vs. 81% prepaid. 8 million South Africans access the internet on their mobiles. 2.48 million do not have access to computers, 5.42 million or 90% South Africas internet users use their cellphones to go online.