E-EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
FOR THE
BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR
2014 – 2019
PROBLEM STATEMENT
• Goal of the White Paper on e-Education
(2004) is yet to be achieved.
“Every South African learner in GET & FET
will be ICT capable by 2013”
• Basic Education sector is unable to
leverage on the potential of ICTs to
improve the quality, accessibility, equity
and learner attainment.
BACKGROUND
• Limited ICT infrastructure available in schools
nationally by 2010:
6 245 schools (25%) had computers for teaching and
learning,
13 011 (51%) had ICT for administrative purposes.
• ICT infrastructure disparities among and within
provinces.
• Major PDE constraints include:
Inadequate or lack of budget.
Shortage of necessary resources (human & physical).
Inadequate state of e-readiness at schools (human &
physical).
Competing priorities.
E-EDUCATION INITIATIVES AUDIT 2013
• Audit of ICT initiatives in all provinces was
conducted in 2013
• Audit findings on e-Education implementation:
Implementation visible but slow paced
Private sector & NGOs played significant role but
ICT initiatives uncoordinated, unsustainable,
scattered & unfocused hence limited impact
Initiatives not comprehensive(No training/content)
Lack or inadequate human capacity
Lack or inadequate connectivity
E-EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN 2014 - 2019
• Plan aims to increase access to ICT to support
curriculum delivery & improve learner attainment.
• Plan updates & adds detail to the White Paper
on e-Education (2004) as well as sets new targets
for ICT access in schools
• Plan is mainly grounded on 4 strategic objectives:
1. Electronic content resource development and
distribution
2. ICT professional development for management,
teaching and learning
3. Access to ICT infrastructure
4. Connectivity
KEY FACTORS TO CONSIDER
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New Government policies, plans (NDP) & priorities;
Lessons learnt (Khanya & GoL);
Available technologies & suitability;
Phased implementation approached;
Standards for Internet access for schools;
Use of FOSS & OERs;
Delineated roles & responsibilities of stakeholders;
Advisory oversight committee;
Access to quality educational material;
Dissemination of school-based best practice;
Monitoring & evaluation of the new e-Education
initiative.
STRUCTURE OF PLAN
• The plan consists of two parts:
Part 1: Implementation Approach
• Section 1: Introduction
• Section 2: Implementation Approach
• Section 3: Deliverables and Activities to be led by the
DBE
• Section 4: Deliverables and Activities to be led by
PEDs
• Section 5: Deliverables to be led by the DTPS
• Section 6: Enabling the implementation of the eeducation
Part 2: Individual Provincial Implementation Plans
• Section 7: Individual Provincial Implementation Plans
IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH
• National targets will guide the implementation.
• Benchmarks and annual targets will be set for
each strategic objective>
No. of schools with ICT facilities (Admin &
Teaching & Learning )
No. of schools with access to connectivity
(Admin & Teaching & Learning )
No. of schools with access to offline & online
electronic content resources.
No. of teachers at various ICT skills proficiency
levels (basic, intermediate & advanced).
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Department of Basic Education (DBE) will lead:
Electronic content resource development and
distribution
2. Provincial Education Departments (PDEs) will
lead :
ICT professional development for management,
teaching and learning
Access to ICT infrastructure
3. Department of Telecommunications and Postal
Services will lead:
Connectivity
IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD
• Plan outlines a framework for specific
priorities and actions to be implemented over
a period of 5 years.
 Year 1- 2014/15
 Year 2- 2015/16
 Year 3- 2016/17
 Year 4- 2017/18
 Year 5- 2018/19
Activity 4: Rollout the Educational Network
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This activity will lead to the utilization of the connectivity provided to schools facilitating the access to the eadministrative Virtual Private Network (VPN), e-learning Virtual Private Network; and use of electronic means
to communicate with Provincial offices.
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
Schools without
connectivity
number of
schools
Nationally
Base line
% of
Connected connected
Admin
schools for schools for
T&L
Teaching & Purpose
Learning
% of
Connecte
Connected
d schools
schools for
for Admin
Admin
Year 2 (2015-16)
Teaching &
Learning
Year 3 (2016-17)
50% of all
schools
have
access to
the eadmin VPN
50% of all
schools have
access to eeducation
VPN
80% of all
schools
have
access to
the eadmin VPN
65% of all
schools have
access to an
ICT facility
for T&l
Year 4 (2017-18)
80% of all
100% of all
schools have
schools have
access to an
access to the
ICT facility for
e-admin VPN
T&l
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7076
29
5227
21
17358
19207
5207
5762
8679
9604
13886
12485
17358
15366
EC
5562
0
0
255
5
5562
5307
1669
1592
2781
2654
4450
3450
5562
4246
FS
1327
843
64
275
21
484
1052
145
316
242
526
387
684
484
842
GP
2183
1489
68
2097
96
694
86
208
26
347
43
555
56
694
69
KZN
5937
1405
24
853
14
4532
5084
1360
1525
2266
2542
3626
3305
4532
4067
LP
3924
0
0
3924
3924
1177
1177
1962
1962
3139
2551
3924
3139
MP
1948
0
162
8
1948
1786
584
536
974
893
1558
1161
1948
1429
NC
553
64
25
199
416
60
125
100
208
159
270
199
333
NW
15
0
1304
0
391
0
652
0
848
0
1043
WC
83
15
248
5
74
8
124
12
161
15
198
1542
354
1542
100
137
238
1458
1443
99
1210
PRE-REQUISITES FOR SUCCESS
• Adequate funding for e-Education implementation nationally
• Management structures to give effect to this Plan:
Advisory Oversight Committee (HEDCOM ICT Subcommittee)
ICT Inter-provincial forum
• Partnerships for e-Education implementation
Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services
(DTPS)
Department of Science & Technology (DST)
Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET)
Private sector & NGOs
• Coordination of a national system for e-Education
implementation.
Thank you
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