{"id":259171,"date":"2018-07-18T09:33:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T07:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=259171"},"modified":"2018-07-18T09:33:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T07:33:58","slug":"heres-how-many-south-african-schools-dont-have-the-internet-or-a-computer-lab-and-what-it-will-cost-to-fix-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/259171\/heres-how-many-south-african-schools-dont-have-the-internet-or-a-computer-lab-and-what-it-will-cost-to-fix-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s how many South African schools don’t have the internet or a computer lab – and what it will cost to fix the problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

With AI and automation expected to impact South Africa within the coming years, government and business have actively encouraged young South Africans to become more involved in the IT sector.<\/p>\n

However, South African schools still face a number of structural problems which mean that many do not have access to computers or the internet – placing learners at a distinct disadvantage when compared to their peers.<\/p>\n

This was highlighted in a recent parliamentary Q&A session where the department of education outlined the number of primary and high schools which do not have a computer lab or internet connection.<\/p>\n

The data – which is based on statistics from the National Education Infrastructure Management System (NEIMS) as at March 2018 – found that schools in the Eastern Cape, KZN, and Limpopo were the worst affected.<\/p>\n

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According to the department, an estimated amount of R16 billion<\/strong> is required to provide computer labs with connectivity.<\/p>\n

It added that the cost of physical infrastructure to erect a building\/space for a lab needs to be surveyed by a quantity surveyor at each site.<\/p>\n

The cost of infrastructure for connectivity also requires an individual assessment for fibre, wireless, satellite or others depending on location and other factors.<\/p>\n

“However, it should also be noted that due to technological advancements, it is no longer necessary to provide a computer laboratory to all schools. Further, the provision of mobile computer facilities has reduced the need for these,” it said.<\/p>\n

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Read:\u00a0What you need to know before writing or developing code in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South African schools still face a number of structural problems, meaning many do not have access to computers or the internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":259177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-259171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259171"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259209,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259171\/revisions\/259209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}