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[Rochelle Jensen]

Fibre drop funding for schools

Education Minister Anne Tolley and Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce announced on October 28 that state and state-integrated schools will receive wholly funded fibre drops under the Government’s planned fibre rollout.

The fibre drop (connection of fibre across the school grounds and into the school from the street) will be undertaken as part of the Government’s Ultra Fast Broadband and Rural Broadband Initiatives, under which fibre deployment is expected to commence early next year.

Up until now schools connecting to fibre have been required to contribute to the fibre drop cost (20% for state and 32% for state integrated schools). The change means that no further subsidies will be available to fund fibre drops to schools undertaken in advance of the national fibre rollout programme.

Source http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/EducationInitiatives/UFBInSchools/LatestNews/FibreDropFundingForSchools.aspx

FAQ http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/EducationInitiatives/UFBInSchools/LatestNews/FibreDropFundingForSchools/FibreDropFAQ.aspx

Gerard MacManus
Papatoetoe High School

 

 

Rochelle Jensen

-Digi -Adviser

-New Zealand Curriculum Adviser

School Support Services

‘Learning Partners’

The University of Waikato

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