The Free State Provincial Government as well as the MEC for Education embraced the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning since 2009 by supporting a variety of technology based interventions such as Internet Broadcast Service (IBP), HeyMath!, Edukite and multimedia centres of which the introduction (piloting) of the SMART schools concept is the latest.
A SMART School can be defined as a learning institution that has been systematically reinvented in terms of teaching and learning practices and school management in order to prepare learners for the rapidly evolving information age. SMART Classrooms in each SMART school are connected to the internet and equipped with mobile technology comprising a laptop for the teacher, a data projector and other technological devices for teaching and learning.
The FSDOE e-Learning Unit assisted the Quality Assurance, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate (QASME), during July and August when they conducted the evaluation. The aim of the evaluation was to gather information about the level of implementation of the SMART School concept in the five schools across the province where it is piloted.
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