We live in a country where one of the largest issues faced by many scholars today is that of the language barrier. In the primary grades of 1-3, scholars who do not speak English as their native tongue find it tough to grasp important concepts as a result of not understanding the English language rather than the actual concept being taught. Added to this, we find that many children, especially in disadvantaged schools, do not have access to relevant resources to expand their knowledge. Reading isn’t fun when the stories are about American kids who watch baseball games when these kids don’t even know anything about America or Baseball. THE INNOVATIVE SOLUTION
The low cost solution to alleviate the lack of relevant, learning material in our community is PopPrint’s till slip format dual-language stories and other fun learning material such as phonics, crosswords and Sudoku puzzles which aid in the facilitation of language-learning and general mental development. These slips will be printed by Point Of Sale receipt printers, initially by partnering with industry leading supermarkets, with the end goal of being able to place a modified version of these printers in classrooms for complete ease of access to reading material for children as well as expanding the age group material from grade 1-3 to grade 1-matric. In this way we will greatly impact the general issue of a lack of resources that many schools endure. The solution aims not to reinvent the bagel but to add a condiment to make the bagel appealing - we will collaborate with organisations such as Book Dash and Living Maths to source needed resources and networks and minimize the time required to generate content.