"Online learning is the tonic our education system desperately needs to address educational inequality in South Africa and help prepare the next generation for future challenges."
That's the opinion of John Shaw, CEO of Teneo Online School, after a report in South Africa's Opinions Weekly noted that the country has some of the world's highest teen unemployment rates, as well as some of the world's highest school drop-out rates.
South Africa's higher education system, in particular, has struggled to keep up with the country's post-apartheid economy, and online learning could be a "paradigm shift" that will help, Shaw writes.
"By enabling pupils, from anywhere in South Africa, to access structured online learning with qualified teachers, the benefits of this model would be seen quickly, greatly assisting the efforts to close the current education divide inherited from the apartheid era," he writes.
"Learning is layered and it is therefore our responsibility, as a civil society, to ensure South Africa's future will be effective, well-adjusted citizens functioning comfortably in a global digital economy."
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