In partnership with iSchoolAfrica, Saray Khumalo is committed to ensuring that African children get access to information technology so that they don’t get left behind. Saray is the first African Black woman to summit Mt. Everest, her achievements, strength and resilience are admirable but her devotion to ensuring that our children succeed with her and share her success is what makes Saray a true hero.
Our mission is to bring the digital library to primary schools across Africa. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) assessing children’s reading comprehension, placed South African children last in 50 countries. 78% of Grade Four learners in South Africa can not read for basic meaning in any national language. This means that eight out of every 10 nine-year-olds in South Africa are currently functionally illiterate. PIRLS also indicated that South Africa’s gender reading gap is the second highest next to Saudi Arabia in the world.
Mobile iPad lab – for accessibility and security
Digital library – curriculum aligned content and full library
Inclusion for all – programme for learners with all disabilities
Monitoring and evaluation – for impact
Teacher training and mentoring
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Primary schools have received their Digital Library
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Teachers have been trained and coached
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Learners have access to a Digital library
In October 2020, Saray Khumalo, Cindy Van Wyk and partners made history by setting a new Guiness World Record. They led a Spinathon which successfully broke the current record for the most funds raised at an 8 hour static spinathon. The funds were used to set up 9 iSchoolAfrica digital libraries in a rural or township school in each of South Africa’s nine provinces
iSchoolAfrica Digital Library Programme addresses the ongoing Literacy crisis facing SA schools today through a combination of iPad technology, award winning software and teacher training..
