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8 September 2015
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Premier Helen Zille formally launched the Western Cape’s eLearning “Game-Changer” at the province’s Legislature building in Cape Town today (8 September 2015).
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will provide free high-speed internet access to all Western Cape schools by the end of 2016, to support teaching and learning.
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for improving access to quality education in all communities.
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vision is to use eLearning to improve literacy and numeracy, and to ensure that our learners are better prepared for the 21st century.
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two key parts.
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free high-speed broadband access.
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first
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second
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give learners and teachers instant access to the very best digital materials for teaching and learning.
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ePortal
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Western Cape Government (WCG) is investing R3.8 billion over the next 10 years to bring high-speed broadband to all residents of the Western Cape.
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And schools are our first priority. Over the next decade, R2 billion of the total investment will be on connectivity at schools.
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broadband system will provide a Wide Area Network (WAN).
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total of 581km of fibre optic cable will have been laid by the end of 2016,
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alongside the existing 1251km Neotel cable network
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backbone
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connects all schools and other sites across the province.
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Western Cape Education Department is also installing Local Area Networks (LANs) in schools, district offices and head offices to connect classrooms, teachers and learners to the broader admin system.
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Work started in September last year, and the first schools were connected to the WAN in April this year
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31 August 2015, service providers have completed connectivity at 275 schools
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end of 2016, all schools in the province will have free, high-speed internet access.
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“smart classrooms”
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including interactive whiteboards, laptops, projectors and other devices to support teaching and learning.
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addition
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will be able to use their own devices,
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3 350 smart classrooms were established in schools in 2014/15. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) also refreshed 249 computer laboratories in the same year.
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The WCED has provided 26 000 ICT training opportunities to date, to support teaching and learning.
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the new eLearning Portal has gone live, and is accessible at www.wcedeportal.co.za.
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Our new broadband system and the digital revolution are making it much easier to respond to the individual needs of learners, teachers, parents, school managers and governors.
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individuals can easily access the ePortal from any location
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content available on the ePortal will be entirely demand-driven, with content suppliers competing to provide the best digital resources.
