Yini iphrojekthi ye-Elon Mask ekwazi ukushintsha umhlaba wethu?

I-Elon Mask ivuselela ukuhamba kwesikhala, izimoto kagesi kanye namandla alanga. Kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi wayengazi ukuthi uxhasa imali engu-$ 15 million eyasiza izingane eTanzania ukuba zifunde ukufunda nokubhala. Le phrojekthi ibizwa ngokuthi i-Global Learning XPRIZE. Lo ngumzamo wokugcina we-XPRIZE Foundation ukuguqula izifunda ezintsha zomhlaba. Esikhathini esidlule, babehlakulela uchungechunge lwamacwecwe akhuthele, futhi manje uhlele futhi ukushayela enyangeni.

Ukuxazulula inkinga yokungakwazi ukufunda nokubhala

Iprojekthi ye-Global Learning XPRIZE iwubuhle ngempela. Umgomo wayo ukuthola indlela yokufundisa izingane ezingafundile ukufunda, ukubhala nokufunda ngokuzimela, ngoba emhlabeni wonke, izingane ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-260 azikwazi ukufinyelela emfundweni eyinhloko noma eyesibili.

Uhlelo lwe-Elon Mask luhloselwe ukuxazulula le nkinga. E-Tanzania, izingane ezisuka kumadolobhana angu-150 kulindeleke ukuthi zisakaze amaphilisi angu-8 000 ngesofthiwe esakhiwe ngamathimba ahlukahlukene abahlanganyeli eprojekthi ye-XPRIZE, ezosiza izingane (abaneminyaka engama-7 kuya kwezingu-10) zifunde ngokuzimela ngaphandle kwemfundo eyengeziwe engokomthetho.

Izigaba zokugcina zephrojekthi

Abameli be-June 20 be-XPRIZE bamemezele ukhetho lwabayishumi nambili abavela emhlabeni wonke, okuzoqhubeka nesigaba esilandelayo sephrojekthi. Inani labo lahla kusukela ngo-198 abahlanganyeli ngo-2014. Abaqhamukayo banenyanga eyodwa ukuqedela isofthiwe yabo evulekile. NgoSepthemba, kuzokhethwa abahlanu abazoqeda ukusebenza, abazokwamukela izigidi ezingu-1 zamaRandi ngamunye ukuze baqhubeke nokuhlolwa eTanzania.

"Inhloso yale phrojekthi ukusiza izingane ukuba zifinyelele izinga eliphezulu lemfundo, kodwa ekuqaleni, zifundise ukufunda," kusho uMat Keller, umqondisi omkhulu we-Global Learning XPRIZE.

Izici zephrojekthi

Ngezinyanga ezingaphezu kwengu-18, izingane zizosebenzisa izinsiza zemfundo kumathebulethi. Ngaphambi nangemva kokuqeqesha, kuzodingeka badlule ukuhlolwa okuhloswe ukuhlola ukufundwa kwabo, ukubhala nokubhala. Ithimba elizobona inqubekela phambili elibonakalayo ekufundeni izingane - uma liqhathaniswa neqembu lokulawula - lizonqoba i-$ 10 million.

Izinhlelo ze-EGRA ne-EGMA zizosetshenziselwa ukuhlola ulwazi lwezingane. Ukubamba iqhaza kule phrojekthi, izingane zikhethiwe ezihlala kude kakhulu nesikole, okwenza imfundo yabo ibe nzima. "Bonke babengafundi futhi bahlala ezindaweni ezikude kakhulu," kusho uKeller.

Isofthiwe ye-finalist ngayinye izonikezwa izingane ezingu-600. Ngakho-ke, inani labafundi abangu-3 000 lizohileleka kulo msebenzi. Ezinye izingane ezingu-1000 zizokwakha iqembu lokulawula, elingeke likwazi ukuthola isofthiwe. Lokhu kuzosiza ukuqonda indlela ukuthuthukiswa kwazo kwezemfundo kuzoshintsha ngayo ezinyangeni ezingu-18.

Amathimba abahlanganyeli basebenzisa izindlela ezahlukene zokufundisa izingane. Abanye babo baye bahlakulela isofthiwe esebenzisa imidlalo nezindaba ukusiza izingane zifunde, kanti abanye bakhethe ukuqeqeshwa kwekhompyutha.

Amalungu abaqedile abazokwazi ukufinyelela emizaneni lapho izingane zihlala khona. Ukuqapha kuzokwenziwa ngabamele abakwa-XPRIZE, i-UNESCO kanye ne-UN World Food Programme. Amandla amaphilisi azohlinzekwa yizikhungo ezingu-150 zokushaja kwelanga (eyodwa emzaneni ngamunye) owenzelwe isikhathi esingangeminyaka emihlanu. Ngemuva kokuthi iphrojekthi iphelile, amaphilisi azohlala nezingane, futhi abamele i-XPRIZE banethemba lokuthi bazokwazi ukuqhubeka bewasebenzisa iminyaka eminingi.

"Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi lokhu akuyona iphrojekthi eqhubekayo," kusho uKeller. - Okwamanje, ayikho i-hardware engayenza igxile. Kodwa-ke, i-XPRIZE ihlela ukugqugquzela amabhizinisi emakethe ngendlela yokuthi ngenxa yalokho kukhona amadivaysi azohlala esimeme esikhathini eside. "

Isikhwama Somnikelo Ka-Elon

Yonke imali yale phrojekthi yabelwe uMask, owazalwa eNingizimu Afrika. Ngokusho kukaKeller, lokhu kuyisipho sakhe esikhulu sokuphilisa kuze kube yimanje. Kuze kube manje, ukubamba iqhaza kweMask kule phrojekthi kungenandaba, kodwa kucatshangwa ukuthi ngezigaba kamuva kuzoqala ukuyiqaphela.

Kungani ubuchwepheshe, hhayi izikole?

Kubonakala sengathi kuyinto engavamile ukunikeza imali enkulu kangaka kumaqembu lapho ingafakwa imali, isibonelo, ezikoleni zendawo. Kodwa umqondo ukuhlinzeka ngesisekelo esimeme kakhulu esizosiza izingane ezizweni ezisathuthuka ukuba zithole imfundo, kanti i-XPRIZE ikholelwa ukuthi yindlela engcono kakhulu.

"Sifuna izindlela zokwandisa inani lezingane ezingafinyelela imfundo yezinga eliphezulu," kusho uKeller. "Umnikelo wezigidi ezingu-15 zamaRandi wokwakha izikole (eziningi zazo, ngenxa yezizathu ezehlukene, azihlangabezane nomsebenzi wazo) ngeke ziholele emiphumeleni edingekayo manje."

Abamele i-XPRIZE bayaqiniseka ukuthi ubuchwepheshe yiyona ndlela kuphela yokuqinisekisa ukuthi ngolunye usuku zonke izingane ezisemhlabeni zizokwazi ukufinyelela emfundweni yezinga lezwe.

Uma iphrojekthi iphumelele, isofthiwe ingasetshenziswa kwezinye izindawo. Isibonelo, lingasetshenziswa ngesi-Arabhu ukusiza ababaleki abahlala eSiriya. Kungasiza futhi izingane ezingakwamanye amazwe afinyelele emfundweni, kodwa zihlehlela ngemuva esikoleni.