Internet at schools has got better – JT boss
INTERNET connectivity in island schools has seen an improvement since students highlighted the issue at the Institute of Directors debate.
Sixth form students attending last October's debate told the audience that issues such as computers failing to log on and poor broadband service were damaging their education.
Yesterday, at the IoD's mid-term event, Paul Taylor, pictured, managing director of JT Global, which has the States of Guernsey contract to provide fibre to schools, said that the situation had improved since students brought the matter to the fore.
'Since the debate I am pleased to announce that 11 schools are onto the virtual network and we are working with the States and other strategic partners to hone in on where the bottlenecks are.
In January this year we opened the tap and gave schools access to internet bandwidth. We now have in place a pilot scheme at St Sampson's School and teachers and pupils are benefitting,' he said.
'Feedback from the schools is that they have seen an improvement. We are looking to have all the schools on the network by September this year.'
Mr Taylor added that the bottlenecks identified were also caused by slow internet speed and ageing computer equipment and he pledged that students and teachers would continue to see improvements.