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learning activities. We are seeing the will be easier to avoid the same mistakes We make lemonade
emergency adoption of e-learning, for twice in the future.
which our education department was The need has never been more evident
not adequately prepared, earning a lot of Our industry should add a module or for a facility that not only provides the
criticism. What if we had been using this subject, at a higher education level, about necessary skills required for students to
method of teaching before the pandemic working or studying during the pandemic. complete their tutelage, but also supports
and its roll-on effects occurred? It should also invest in creating platforms and nurtures their passion for the green
or learning programmes that make industry, with the help of dedicated
When asked what he hoped for the future virtual learning compulsory, and create and qualified facilitators in a digitally
of the green industry, Rudzani Livhia made a global social networking platform that transformed world. We are in the process
will showcase what others did in other
of revolutionising the way the green
a few salient points: countries to work safely through the industry serves its incoming generation of
“Our industry should shift some of its focus pandemic for future reference”. experts. We owe it to our industry and to
to investing in health-related products or the development of these talented, driven
food, since from now onwards I predict that In the world we used to know, rapid individuals.
people are going to be futureorientated adoption of digital was already underway
and more conscious about what they eat in many sectors - agriculture included. If the "new normal" has taught us anything,
and drink. While we attempt to bridge the gap in it is that there is no better time than the
the way the green industry operates and present. LSA
The industry should create a workbook trains the coming generation, we need to
containing all the information and consider the direction in which the tide info@saenabotany.co.za
experiences that people have gone moves; forming a connected and mdigital
through during the pandemic, so that it foundation is crucial to a better outcome.