Digital pact for schools

Digitisation is shaping our lives. The necessary digital skills should be taught at school. This requires better equipment in schools. The Federal Government and the Länder want to achieve this goal with the DigitalPakt Schule. With the DigitalPakt Schule, the Federal Government supports the Länder and municipalities in investing in the digital education infrastructure. The goals of the Digital Pact are the nationwide development of a modern digital education infrastructure under the primacy of pedagogy.

Implementation in Waldeck-Frankenberg

The Waldeck-Frankenberg district is investing 10.4 million euros in the coming years to improve digital networking, WLAN at schools and the purchase of equipment. All measures are to be implemented by summer 2025. In order to invest the federal and state funds as well as its own money, the district administration has determined the needs at the school locations in Waldeck-Frankenberg together with the schools and in coordination with the State Education Authority. On this basis, a plan was drawn up for the concrete implementation of the individual measures.

Speed of implementation
The district is investing around four million euros to improve digital networking, around 3.5 million euros for interactive boards and displays and almost three million euros for wireless internet. In the coming years, more than 1,700 classrooms will be rewired and more than 1,100 rooms will be equipped with presentation technology such as interactive boards, beamers or displays with tablets. In addition, about 600 rooms will get new media pillars and the existing media pillars will be upgraded to the latest standards. 60 server rooms will also be converted in the course of this.

Prioritisation necessary
Since these goals cannot all be implemented at the same time, there is a priority list: Smaller measures that can be done quickly are to be put into action directly. Larger projects to improve the digital infrastructure should be carried out as soon as possible - but by summer 2025 at the latest. And: Digitisation should once again be a weighty criterion in the complete renovation of school buildings. The current digital equipment, the technical state of development, construction or renovation measures already underway or planned, the type of school and the location will all play a role in deciding which schools will be given their turn and when.