forced almost every South African business, organisation and institution to adapt their operations to fit the online, remote working space. Good has come out of this. For many businesses, it fostered much-needed innovation and gave them an additional competitive edge as they tapped into a global workforce. Education institutions have experienced the benefits of remote work.
When the tech academy WeThinkCode switched to remote learning it recorded a 22 percentage point drop in performance overall between January and April 2020, during the government-mandated lockdown. Of those students whose performance declined, those from low-income households were disproportionately affected by the transition to remote learning. Despite efforts to give students laptops and data to make the transition easier, the performance disparities were drastic.
When it was both safe and legal to do so, WeThinkCode started supporting the students that were underperforming by reopening campus and saw their academic performance begin to turn around.
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