17 Jul 2013

A local company, Global Online Business Solution (GOBS) has introduced e-learning to allow learners and educators to communicate through modern technology.

GOBS’s marketing and communications manager, Ms Mosetsanagape Mathule said in an interview that the company was aiming at providing business solutions for corporate clients of all capacities to put it in digital economy.

She said the aim was to take Botswana education system to another level through the introduction of e-learning solution for students in both government and private schools.

Through e-learning, the curriculum would be downloaded online so that students could have a platform where they would discuss among themselves and interact with others, she stated.

She further said as an institution, there was an assurance of continued learning hence improved performance and results.“Our intention is not to take away students from class but to enhance the education system,’’ she stated.

Ms Mathule explained that the system would allow teachers to post assignments when not in class and to help students when at home maybe during school holidays. She observed that for the past few years,the performance of students had dropped and they wanted to help improve the situation.

She further explained that there would be a method to monitor students at their respective schools to ensure that they were only doing academic work and not anything unrelated to their studies. She said the system would also help students who were not able to go to school due to physical disabilities to continue with their education.

Parents would have a platform to track their children’s learning progression. Furthermore, they could help their children in the learning process with assignments, pre-examinations as well as counselling.

Once approved, the company would conduct training for students, teachers and parents to teach them how to operate the system and partner with other companies that could provide computers and internet access to rural areas where there was no access. ENDS