Computer labs by 2010

All schools in Gauteng will have computer labs by May 2010, says the Gauteng Shared Services Centre (GSSC).

Following criticisms from education MEC Barbara Creecy in August that she was not happy with the performance of the project, the GSSC says it has implemented interventions to help it complete the project in 2010.

Gauteng Online is a provincial initiative to build a province-wide school computer network. The project aims to create 25-seat computer labs with Internet and e-mail capabilities at all public schools in the province, to be used for curriculum delivery.

Currently, there are 1 171 installations with 1 074 schools that have passed quality assurance, says the GSSC. On 15 September, finance MEC Mandla Nkomfe reported that 1 000 schools had computer labs.

“Schools that have an available classroom within which the infrastructure can be deployed will be completed in November 2009. Schools where a structure has to be established will be completed by May 2010,” says Khusela Sangoni, head of communications at the GSSC.

The GSSC says interventions have been in place for the last eight weeks and terms have been put in place to ensure the timelines for the completion of the project are adhered to.

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