Mamelodi Broadband E-Learning
Pilot Project = Connected we learn

The Ulwazi E-Learning Partnership (ULWELP)

The second phase of the Ulwazi project is aimed at providing a demonstrator which will investigate a number of key concepts embedded in a living laboratory. This phase will focus on the development of a much larger INTER-SCHOOL broadband network sponsored by Motorola which will provide connectivity between four centres which are separated over a distance of 100 km. A radio corridor will extend the original network to include the

• Meraka building on the CSIR campus in Pretoria
• Original Ulwazi project between Mamelodi (4 schools) and St Alban’s College
• Bronkhorstspruit (2 Dinaledi schools)
• Middleburg (2 Dinaledi schools)
• Witbank(6 Dinaledi schools)

“The Telecommunications Act 103 of 1996 and amended in 2001, makes provision for the development of a network for education (EduNet) that will connect all schools to each other and to the Internet through multi-media laboratories. The Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Communications, will initiate the development of a national education network with other relevant government departments. The education network will be designed to serve the goal of universal access for every e-school. The education network will provide high-speed access for learning, teaching and administrative use.”

http://www.info.gov.za/whitepapers/2003/e-education.pdf