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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Government says it has plans to provide free Internet connection to more than 3 000 rural schools.<\/p>\n

The Universal Service Fund (USF) will finance the provision of internet connection to at least 400 schools in each of the eight rural provinces.<\/p>\n

The USF is a pool of funds contributed by mobile network operators, internet access providers and fixed-line operators licensed by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ).<\/p>\n

Information Communication Technology (ICT), Postal and Courier Services Permanent Secretary Beaullah Chirume said:<\/p>\n

For the provision of internet connectivity, qualifying schools were selected on the basis of the availability of some form of source of power \u2013 primarily commercial power or solar power.<\/p>\n

This criterion was communicated to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE), who in turn communicated the same to the prospective beneficiary schools.<\/p>\n

The final list of beneficiary schools was drawn from a list that was solicited from the MoPSE, which contained a total of 3 200 schools drawn from the country\u2019s eight rural provinces.<\/p>\n

Each of the eight rural provinces had 400 schools submitted by the MoPSE.<\/p>\n

She said the government will provide solar power to some schools that are not connected to the national grid to pave way for their connection to the internet. Added Chirume:<\/p>\n

The authority intends to continue funding the provision of internet connectivity to all schools under the e-learning programme for as long as there is still a need and the funds are available.<\/p>\n

In fact, the target is to ensure that all schools in the country have got the last mile of internet connectivity.<\/p>\n

However, funding of access to the internet (payment of monthly bandwidth for schools) will only continue subject to the availability of financial resources to fund the programme.<\/p>\n

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