And just last week I heard a very worrying news story that 87% of how Tang. This is the haunting province here in South Africa, haunting public schools are not connected to the Internet and only two.160 public schools out of 2059 have Internet connection and this leaves millions of learners isolated from the Internet and creating a new lost generation. This is, of course,e after around 2021 already.
Those who are at school going age right now. And In a recent article in South African online news publication the Daily Maverick, associate professor in computing sciences at the Nelson Mandela University and founder of Tangible Africa argues that equipping learners with coding and robotics instruction isn't just about.Diversion, but it's rather a powerful amplifier for foundational skills like numeracy and literacy. And we know that input in South Africa in particular, there's been a lot of talk about a huge decline in numeracy and literacy amongst our learners.
And if they say these could increase our skills, perhaps it's something to listen.Closer to and rather than pushing core academics aside, the piece highlights how hands on, tech driven learning can also reinforce mathematical reasoning, language comprehension, and critical thinking.
We're finding out how in this hour of the show, chatting about how coding and robotics could actually enhance literacy and numeracy for our school.We have on the line with us the Tangible Africa Global Engage.Manager Jackson Shabalala. Jackson, thank you so much for your time.
Good morning. Thanks for having me.Supposed all schools were supposed to have Wi-Fi, but now still 87% don't. It seems like, you know, we're speaking about this coding and robotics, but without even Wi-Fi we're way behind in these discussions.Know my background is an industrial psychology and I recently got into coding especially when I joined tangible Africa.