The Pretoria Muslim Trust College (PMT) recently celebrated a major milestone as it launched “smart classrooms” for its grade 1 and 2 learners on Friday.
These classrooms are equipped with state-of-the-art facilities such as digital whiteboards, audio-visual aids and interactive learning materials.
According to a statement by the school, it plans to roll out such smart classrooms to all the grades at the college in the next few years.
“These classrooms are an innovative learning environment that incorporates advanced technology to enhance the learning experience of students,” the school said.
“With the advent of technology, traditional teaching methods have undergone a major transformation. The smart classroom is designed to cater to the needs of modern-day students who are tech-savvy and enjoy interactive learning.”
School board member Imtiaz Mahomed said these new classrooms sought to make teaching and learning more engaging and interactive.
He said it would also help teachers to provide personalised attention to the learners by improving academic performance.
“By embracing this technology, it is a testament to the commitment to providing quality education to our learners and creating a more inclusive and innovative learning environment that prepares our learners,” said Mahomed.
The PMT’s initiative follows the Gauteng department of education’s vision for “schools of the future”.
The department launched the programme six years ago.
According to the department, it “studied the environment and leveraged the digital space to offer solutions tailored to suit emerging challenges”.
At the time, then MEC Panyaza Lesufi said that two major visions of the future dominate current discussions about what societies, economies and the environment would be like in the years ahead.
“During my trips around the province and visit to South Korea, I realised we should consider how to respond to changing socio-economic and environmental conditions; how individuals and societies can shape their worlds for the better as well as how technology can be deployed to improve quality of life and the environments that support life,” Lesufi said.
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