Education

South

Africa

What We Knew:•South Africa was the center of the Apartheid•There is a high concentration of HIV/AIDS•It is on the tip of the African continent

•The education is lacking and they have little infrastructure•There is a low life expectancy•South Africa is a developing country•There are many slums and the people are undernourished

Khayelitsha The Basics

•Khaylelitsha came into being in the 1950’s when blacks were banned from cities•There is between 500,000 and 1 million residents, but there is no official census

•Located near Cape Town•Many people live in small shacks that leak and have no electricity

Khayelitsha Education

•54 Schools•Understaffed and overcrowded•92% don’t have libraries•Very little technology•High drop-out rate

Economist

Inflation: 6%Unemployment rate: 25%GDP per capita: $9,790Literacy rates:

Male 87%Female 85.7%Total 86.4 %

Life Expectancy: 52.8 years

Economist- What does this mean?

• South Africa isn’t taking advantage of their entire work force

• Potential for better economic growth– Trade– Technology– Less poverty

Historian

• South Africa is still trying to recover from the Apartheid

• They became a democracy in 1994• The current president is Jacob Zuma• Electricity Crisis• Capitalism

Historian-What does this mean?

• Educate the leaders of tomorrow• Learn about the past to better the

future

Anthropologist

•31 Million Black•5 Million White•3 Million Colored•1 Million Indian

•80 % Christian•No official religion•African Independent Churches•Hindus•Muslims•Jews

Anthropologist

• Language Barriers:South Africa has 11 different official languages which could make country wide education difficult.

Anthropologist- What does this mean?

• Scarcity of teachers who can deal with the language gap

• In order to make it accessible it must be compatible

Geographer

• 12 % of the land is under cultivation– Corn– Grain– Vegetables– Herbs

South Africa and Khayelitsha have been experiencing droughts, which has hurt the

agricultural industry and people who farm to survive.

Geographer

• Transportation:– Buses– Trains– Taxis

These are notorious for crime. The public transit is not safe, especially for women and children.

Geographer- What does this mean?

• Need an educated work force to improve infrastructure– Transportation– Irrigation– Productivity

Humanitarian

• Health Care:• .77 physicians/ 1000 people (comparison in the world- 12)• 2.84 hospital beds/ 1000 people (comparison- 81)• 5.6 million people living with HIV/AIDS• 310,000 deaths due to AIDS each year

Humanitarian

Only 4.3% of adults receive post-secondary education

Colleges are established, but most do not attend

In 2001 over 70 percent of adults were educated below the high school graduate level

Humanitarian- What does this mean?

• Obvious demand for more health care workers

By improving schools and making them

more accessible and updated, children could get the

initiative and education needed to become doctors.

More doctors means improved and more accessible

healthcare throughout the country.

Our Goal

We want to provide electricity,

computers and the internet to current schools and build more

schools to improve the

quality of education,

sanitation and infrastructure.

This will hopefully improve attendance, lower the

dropout rate, better prepare students for life after high

school and help the community.

Our 5-Step Plan1. Solar Panels- By setting these up we hope to generate clean, renewable energy for not only the

schools but the surrounding community. South Africa is known for being a very sunny country, so this type of energy is ideal. We will do this through the SELF Program.

2. Schools- Khayelitsha has many schools, but very few of them have computers or even electricity. By implementing the solar panels we will give these schools electricity. We also plan to build an additional 20 schools so that students will have better access and safer travel.

3. Phone Lines- This will bring telecommunication as well as internet access to the schools. This all of course will be powered by the Solar Panels and through the SELF Program.

4. Computers- SELF will supply laptops and computer labs.5. Online Education- Through the laptops each child will be able to access an online program that

will be created by teachers in the United Sates in association with the South African education system. It will include lesson plans for each grade level.

The online program is perfect since there is such a shortage of teachers in South Africa.

Why Technology?

• How can we best affect the school system and benefit the most people?– Quality vs. Quantity Opportunity Cost– Look at comparative advantage– Learn from past attempts

By using a website we can cater to all languages, as the site will be available in all of the major languages.

“ The fundamental reason for believing that prosperity can spread to all corners of the world is that the very science and technology that

underpin prosperity in the rich world are potentially available to the rest of the world.” –Jeffrey Sachs

Why Solar Panels?

• Efficient• Clean• Prime location• Self-Sustaining• Will power more than just the school

“But world output it not constant, precisely because technological improvements allow the world to get a lot more economic value out

of a given level of inputs”- Jeffrey Sachs

Our Plan

Success!

SELFThe Solar Electric Light Fund is a NGO that focuses on installing solar panels in developing countries. SELF will help with our goal of providing electricity, computers and internet to the people of Khayelitsha. •“Whole Village”

• Schools• Water

pumping/purification• Drip irrigation• Health clinics• Community Buildings

Training

• People in the village will be trained by SELF to help maintain the panels

• The teachers will be trained (specialization):• As teachers to help with school work • As mediators to help with classroom

conflict and home problems • With technology to help with any

issues that may arise and be able to teach the children

BudgetBuild solar panels for existing schools: $5,775,500 (at approximately $106,950 per school)

+Construct an additional 20 schools: $250,000 (at approximately $12,500 per school)

+Power the new schools: $2,139,000

+Training and pay for teachers: approx. $1,835,500

$10,000,000

People Reached74 fully equipped schools

Xapproximately 2000 students

per school

Approximately 148,000 Students and their families with access to

electricity, schooling, computers and the internet, and will benefit future

students for years to come

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Possible Obstacles• Getting students to school

– We will build strategically placed schools so that the trip to school is safer and more convenient

• Getting students who are needed at home to school– We will have to teach the comparative

advantage of sending a child to school over keeping them home

• Maintaining sustainability of the schools– The company teaches the residents

Take Action!We need YOUR help to be able to accomplish

our goal. It will take $10 million over an estimated three years to modify the current schools and build new ones. Having a better educated workforce will stimulate the economy and having internet access will make for a more competitive market. With a better education more students will go onto higher level education to become the doctors of tomorrow and fulfill the country’s needs in health care and infrastructure.

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