Education
(a) What are the details of the schools in the province that have been (i) provided with broadband connectivity and (ii) not been provided with broadband connectivity and (b) what are the details of the schools in the province that have (i) fully operational broadband connectivity and (ii) broadband connectivity that is not working?
As at 29 January 2021:
- 1 291 schools out of 1 523 Public Ordinary and LSEN schools are on the WCG Broadband Connectivity program as implemented.
- Of these 1 291 schools, 330 schools are running at a speed of 10mbps, while 961 schools have been upgraded within phase two to a speed of 100mbps or more.
(ii) WCG Broadband connectivity not provided as at 29 January 2021:
- 232 schools
(b) Amongst the factors that influence the operational status are electrical supply interruptions, vandalism on-site at school or to the feed to the school/s, load-shedding and its ripple effects, and other extraneous factors.
Through the use of the SITA portal, the Centralised Services Desk (Kuilsriver) of the Department of the Premier (DotP), an update can be queried as to the “as at” status. For example, on 29 January 2021, eighty-four (84) schools were reported as “down” (i.e. 6.5%). The cited average is 4-6%. It this varies from school to school and from day to day.
