Urgent need for action: 50% of Meißen Schools without fast internet!

Urgent need for action: 50% of Meißen Schools without fast internet!

Meißen, Deutschland - in Saxony there is a clear discrepancy when it comes to the digital connection of schools. More than 20 public schools in the Meißen district continue to wait for a fiber optic connection, although the state government has caught up with ambitious plans. According to Sächsische.de are 50% of the Public schools in this district are not yet equipped with fast internet. The figures that a member of the state parliament has requested at the Saxon Ministry of Culture are particularly alarming: 21 of 41 primary schools have no fiber optic connection.

The situation at the high schools is similar: 10 out of 21 are also without fast internet access, and at high schools there are 7 out of 9. This leaves Meißen behind the Saxon average, where 74% of schools have fast internet.

initiatives and goals

not everything is lost. The government has ambitious plans: by the end of 2023, 82% of all Saxon schools are said to be connected to the fiber optic network, with the aim of supplying almost all schools with high-speed internet by 2029. The Broadband's initiative of the Saxon State Ministry of Culture is a central point of contact. This initiative has set itself the task of bringing non-economically sustainable locations to the net through funded programs, such as school.sachsen.de reported.

Currently over 1,800 Saxon school locations are integrated into the project. Around 74% of these locations are already connected directly to fiber fiber, and around 82% of the schools will be supplied by the end of 2025. There is a clear division of tasks: While the digital pact school is primarily aimed at networking within the schools, the federal funding program focuses on the connection of schools with the Internet.

challenges and solutions

However, reality often looks different. In many schools, the Internet speed is not sufficient to use digital media effectively. A DSL connection at home often offers a higher data transfer rate than what schools are available, where the range is shared by many users. This is considered by the Digital Pact School as problematic for modern lessons.

The ongoing projects for the development of schools are therefore crucial to close the digital gap and make the Saxony educational location future -proof. Nevertheless, the question remains whether the planned measures can be implemented in good time. A quick internet connection is not only a necessity, but also a basic requirement to equip all students for the digital future.

The coming years will show whether the ambitious goals of the state government can actually be achieved and how the school management, teachers and students will benefit from these changes. One thing is certain: the train towards digital education must finally get going.