Non-profit organisations in the education sector are hard at work unleashing digital educational programmes to assist pupils during the national lockdown in South Africa
While epidemiologists and scientists are racing against time to find a vaccine for the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus, non-profit organisations in the education sector are hard at work unleashing digital educational programmes to assist pupils during the national lockdown in South Africa.
Khosa said the collaboration had already yielded positive outcomes, with the UN Children’s Fund, a social change organisation Heartlines, the DG Murray Trust, the Zenex Foundation, Old Mutual, Momentum Metropolitan Holdings, FirstRand, the SABC, DStv and four of South Africa’s network providers coming on board.
“The initiative has ensured that since the national 21-day lockdown took effect there has been a reasonable level of continuity,” said Khosa. An interim steering committee made up of educationists would spearhead the education response plan and report frequently, he said.Meanwhile, organisations fighting hunger have already predicted mass starvation, and a humanitarian crisis is waiting to explode as a result of the pandemic.
Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute, a non-profit organisation and independent research think-tank, has already supported a call for a child support grant top-up of R500 to support families that only depend on the grant.
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