AW Barnes Primary and New Generation Primary are the only two schools in the district that received Acer laptops from the Department of Education which are loaded with educational programmes and textbooks in subjects such as maths, coding and robotics.
The schools decided to host a Mental Maths competition on September 6 that required pupils in Grade 4 to answer maths questions in under 10 seconds. Both schools said the laptops were beneficial as most of their pupils did not have access to laptops and computers at home.
The laptops have been downloaded with virtual textbooks to be used in class.
Khanya Miseli, from A/W Barnes, said all public schools could transition to digital teaching with virtual textbooks if they were provided with laptops for pupils.
