After its introduction, ChatGPT has been criticized by educational institutions and teachers around the world due to its potential for abuse by students who can use it not only to write essays but also to pass exams. As a result, some schools have banned the platform. However, this is a serious oversight. The underlying AI and machine learning technologies could help address many of the challenges facing South Africa’s public education system.
Dr. Corrin Varady, CEO of Edtech Platform Idea
The power of personalization
Unlike wealthier people, learners who attend first, second and third quartile schools, the poorest schools in each state, do not have access to personalized education.
Their more privileged peers succeed academically because they have access to tutors, resources, and generational literate parents who know what to do if their child struggles with certain concepts At the same time, we go to schools that identify where learners are having trouble and offer support in these areas.
All of these interventions ensure these students don’t have to hold back the rest of their academic career just because they don’t understand the basics.
AI and machine learning could bring the same benefits to learners in lower quintile schools. These technologies help identify where they are fighting and provide personalized learning solutions to fix this.
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Personalization also has the potential to reduce the burden on overburdened teachers. Large class sizes have always been a feature of South African schools, but now 15% of primary schools have more than 50 learners per class, and about 50% have more than 40 learners per class, compared to pre-pandemic levels. A significant increase from the average of 35.2.
This, combined with the loss of learning that has occurred as a result of the lockdown, means that teachers are currently struggling to teach students who are 5% and 95% likely to pass the exam in one class. means that you must
When placed in this position, they “teach in the middle.” In other words, we focus on the needs of students who fall between these extremes, denying those on either end of the spectrum. check out’.
But AI could help educators teach multiple children with different learning paces and abilities simultaneously. The capabilities of individual learners are automatically detected by technology to develop learning pathways tailored to their needs.
Teachers can also use AI for their own professional development. For example, you can ask how to manage some of the major challenges you are experiencing in your classroom and get resources and remedial strategies to help them.
Accelerating transition to native language education
Basic Education Minister Angie Moshekga says children are doing poorly in school because they are taught in English. But with AI’s ability to translate English into a growing number of local languages, South African students can start learning in their own language.
Currently this is biased towards specific languages, but hopefully all 11 languages will be available one day.
Like it or not, AI is here and here. But if we don’t use it to create a better learning environment for today’s public school students, who will form a large part of tomorrow’s workforce, and develop the skills that will enable them to engage in it, we are essentially will separate them from participation in the digital economy.
As a result, the country’s employment crisis will worsen. Basic education is what sets the runway for job creation in South Africa, and technology can help ensure no one is left behind.
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