Many of us grew up competing in traditional sports such as swimming, rugby and cricket in high school but recently, we have seen schools that are renowned for traditional sports embracing esports.
Over the past few years, we have seen esports grow from a hobby to a professionally recognised sport. Since the start of the global pandemic, there has been a massive increase in esport participation. South Africa alone as seen a rise of 10 million active participants between the ages of 16-35.
With the rise in esports, we have seen more schools participating in esports tournaments and with the right infrastructure, more schools have an opportunity to offer esports as extracurricular activity and become leaders in the space if the country continues to see a rise in active participants.
The next step for schools is to bridge the gap of opportunity that esports has and to normalise the sport in schooling facilities.
It may take some time before a school’s esports team has as much recognition as its Rugby first team but with traditional powerhouses competing in more recognised top gaming leagues and setting the standard, schools should be taking a serious look into the space.
This article is issued in partnership with Telkom!
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