{"id":97149,"date":"2026-04-12T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:10:42","slug":"modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future","title":{"rendered":"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says building a stronger and modern education system in the province remains a top priority.<\/p>\n<p>Maile briefed journalists in Sandton on Sunday to outline the state of education in the province.<\/p>\n<p>During his address, Maile outlined plans to integrate technology into the curriculum and strengthen critical thinking and problem-solving skills to better prepare learners for the future.<\/p>\n<p>He says the province has introduced support strategies, including a focus on language and mathematics and the expansion of technical high schools, with further stakeholder engagement planned to drive the 2025 to 2030 education strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim of the technical high school strategy is to expand participation by promoting and strengthening technical high schools for a changing and modernising world by offering technical subjects that will guide their activities over the next five years to address the skills shortage and unemployment crisis amongst the youth in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says building a stronger and modern education system in the province remains a top priority. Maile briefed journalists in Sandton on Sunday to outline the state of education in the province. During his address, Maile outlined plans to integrate technology into the curriculum and strengthen critical thinking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":97148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-97149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-economy","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says building a stronger and modern education system in the province remains a top ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says building a stronger and modern education system in the province remains a top ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-12T15:00:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-12T15:10:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-12T15:00:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-12T15:10:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"economy\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future\",\"name\":\"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-12T15:00:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-12T15:10:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says building a stronger and modern education system in the province remains a top ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future - South Africa","description":"Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says building a stronger and modern education system in the province remains a top ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future","og_description":"Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says building a stronger and modern education system in the province remains a top ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2026-04-12T15:00:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-12T15:10:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future","datePublished":"2026-04-12T15:00:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-12T15:10:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future"},"wordCount":169,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg","keywords":["South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","community","economy","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future","name":"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-12T15:00:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-12T15:10:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says building a stronger and modern education system in the province remains a top ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/04\/sm_1775994022.808968.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/modernizing-education-is-key-to-preparing-for-the-future#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Modernizing Education Is Key to Preparing for the Future"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97153,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97149\/revisions\/97153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}