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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
ResultsProduction Possibilities Curve
Capital
Consumption
PPF 2
PPF
ResultsMoney Market
Inominal
Qm
Ms
Md
ResultsAggregate Supply and Demand
Price Level
GDPr
LRAS
SRAS
AD
SRAS2
Yf
The General Happiness Graph
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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