DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION DBE SCHOOLS CONNECTIVITY BROADBAND

DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION (DBE) SCHOOLS’ CONNECTIVITY & BROADBAND PROGRESS REPORT DBE-DTPS JOINT PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE MEETING 12 September 2014

DBE – ICT PRESENTATION • PURPOSE To present a progress report to the joint portfolio Committees of DBE and DTPS on Broadband Connectivity of schools.

THE PRESENTATION OUTLINE • Introduction • Background • Progress Made – Phase 1: • FIFA World Cup Legacy Project • DBE Vodacom Initiative – Phase 2: • • Broadband Policy – SA Connects License Obligations DBE Connectivity Targets for 2014 – 2019 Conclusion

PROGRESS MADE PHASE 1

Proof of Concept On 26 March 2012, the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the Provincial Departments of Education (PDEs), the Department of Communication (Do. C) and Telkom SA signed a Masters Services Agreement to provide connectivity to schools in the Proof of Concept Districts (POC) and selected Dinaledi schools. The funding of this project was secured from the 2010 Soccer World Cup Legacy Fund by the DOC for the implementation of Phase 1 of the Connectivity Plan for Schools.

PHASE 1 - CONNECTIVITY INITIATIVES • 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP LEGACY PROJEC: Ø 1650 POC schools, including 125 Dinaledi schools have been connected; Ø 1244 POC schools (excluding GP, WC school & Dinaledi schools) out 1250 earmarked for EUDs, are in possession of their EUDs; Ø Audit of the project has been conducted and a report compiled and forwarded to Telkom and the DTPS • DBE – VODACOM FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP Ø 2013 -14, - 31 Teacher Centres were connected and Resourced. This is in addition of the 9 ICT resource centers in the POC districts; Ø 2014 -15, - 20 more Teacher Centers are expected to be connected and resourced

2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Project • T

DBE – VODACOM TEACHER CENTRES INITIATIVE

Teacher Centres Province Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwa-Zulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga Northern Cape North Western Cape Total Number of centres 8 4 3 4 7 4 3 4 2 39 ICT Infrastructure Connectivity Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed

PROGRESS MADE PHASE 2

A. BROADBAND POLICY (SA CONNECTS) • Tasks teams to action the Broadband Policy have been constituted under the leadership of the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) • Provincial Broadband Consultative Meetings have taken place with all Provinces, except Mpumalanga (scheduled for 12 September 2014). The DBE has been actively involved in the visits. • The 2014 -2016 Business case, that includes the connectivity of about 4, 444 schools located in the 20 Km radius of the 698 National Health Insurance (NHI) pilots districts has been submitted to National Treasury by the DTPS. • The DBE prepared and submitted to the DTPS, both, the User Requirements (Annexure B); for schools to be connected and the list of concerned schools. • The Provincial Broadband Consultative meetings have revealed that: – Provinces are at different phases of implementing the Broadband policy. – Provinces such as GP and Western are at advanced stage of implementation, therefore schools from these Provinces, located in the 20 Km of the NHI districts, were not included in the initial Business case (2014 -2016) submitted to National Treasury in July 2014.

B. LICENSE OBLIGATIONS • 2013 -14, the DBE submitted a list of about 3200 schools to the DTPS to be connected through the Universal License Obligation imposed to the Licensees (Network Operators) by ICASA; • Due to the outdated status of the Universal Service and Access License Obligations, ICASA amended the act which was published for public comment late last year (Annexure C). This process delayed the connectivity of the earmarked schools; • Vodacom is reported to have gone ahead and connected about 333 schools but only 60 of them were connected as per the Specifications submitted to ICASA by the DBE • The DBE has provided ICASA with ICT Specifications for Special schools and their list therefore (about 400 special schools)

Rollout the Educational Network The Educational Network is currently under construction (dbecloud) Breakdown and numeric targets for schools connectivity for the next 5 years in line with National Broadband Policy SCHOOLS' CONNECTIVITY EC FS GP KZN LP MP NC NW WC number of schools Nationally Base line 24434 5562 1327 2183 5937 3924 1948 553 1542 1458 % of Connected schools for Admin 7076 0 843 1489 1405 354 1542 1443 Remaining schools to be connected for % of Connected connected Admin Teaching & schools for Purpose Learning T&L Teaching & Learning 29 5227 21 17358 19207 0 255 5 5562 5307 64 275 21 484 1052 68 2097 96 694 86 24 853 14 4532 5084 0 0 3924 0 162 8 1948 1786 64 137 25 199 416 100 238 15 0 1304 99 1210 83 15 248

Activity 4: Rollout the Educational Network EC FS GP KZN LP MP NC NW WC number of schools Nationally Breakdown and numeric targets for schools connectivity for the next 5 years in line with National Broadband Policy SCHOOLS' CONNECTIVITY Year 1 (2014 -2015) Year 2 (2015 -16) 30% of schools 30% of all 50% of all schools have access to schools have access to ethe e-admin access to e- access to the eeducation VPN admin VPN 24434 5207 5762 8679 9604 5562 1669 1592 2781 2654 1327 145 316 242 526 2183 208 26 347 43 5937 1360 1525 2266 2542 3924 1177 1962 1948 584 536 974 893 553 60 125 100 208 1542 391 652 1458 5 74 8 124

Activity 4: Rollout the Educational Network Breakdown and numeric targets for schools connectivity for the next 5 years in line with National Broadband Policy EC FS GP KZN LP MP NC NW WC Year 3 (2016 -17) Year 4 (2017 -18) 80% of all 65% of all 100% of all 80% of all schools have access to an access to the e- access to an ICT access to the e. ICT facility for T&l admin VPN 24434 13886 12485 17358 15366 5562 4450 3450 5562 4246 1327 387 684 484 842 2183 555 56 694 69 5937 3626 3305 4532 4067 3924 3139 2551 3924 3139 1948 1558 1161 1948 1429 553 159 270 199 333 1542 848 1043 1458 12 161 15 198 number of schools Nationally SCHOOLS' CONNECTIVITY

Conclusion: The Portfolio Committees note and discuss progress made in Broadband School Connectivity. Website: www. education. gov. za Call Centre: 0800 202 933 | callcentre@dbe. gov. za Twitter: @DBE_SA | Facebook: DBE SA