Even though Rehana Minty has been lecturing at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) for 25 years, she still considers herself a teacher at heart. Her passion lies in education, mathematics, her students and ICT. She is also responsible for the administration of the end-user computer course at UJ and recently completed her PhD thesis at Wits University.

When the Gauteng Department of Education announced its Paperless Classroom Project back in 2015, Minty had questions, questions that eventually prompted her PhD research into paperless classrooms. It was at Boitumelong Secondary School in Thembisa where Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi made a statement that struck a chord: “Tomorrow morning…we are officially burying the chalk board, we are officially burying the duster, we are officially burying the chalk. Gone are the days when they have to write in exercise books and hand in assignments.”