The Department of Basic Education is making progress in bringing new subjects to schools in South Africa.
The Department of Basic Education says it is still developing the curricula for new subjects – including coding and robotics – as it starts finalising the revision of these for promulgation into the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements .
The department said that the so-called “fourth industrial revolution”, or 4IR, has necessitated a closer look at the skills that can assist in ensuring that young people in South Africa are “equipped with such skills and become productive citizens in all sectors of the economy”. For 2023/24, the department does not plan to expand the robotics and coding pilot project further, with the same 18 schools remaining the key drivers of the pilot, the department said.
Providing 485 schools, including those in the coding and robotics pilot project, with subject-specific computer hardware and related software in accordance with the minimum specifications prescribed by the curriculum assessment policy statement;
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