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IT in Education Section, Education Bureau16 March 2016
Briefing Session for the ICT Sector on the Enhancement of WiFiInfrastructure in Schools
Item Speakers
Progress on ITE4Mr YT LAU
Chief Curriculum Development Officer (IT in Education), Education Bureau
Updates of technical documentsMs Sierra LAM
Senior Curriculum Development Officer (IT in Education), Education Bureau
Support from Hong Kong Education City
Mr Victor CHENGExecutive Director, Hong Kong Education City Limited
Service Management and Schools’ Concerns
Mr Albert WONGChairman, Association of IT Leaders in Education
Introduction on Wi-Fi.HK Mr HO Tze-kin
Senior System Manager, Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Q & A
Support Scheme for e-Learning in schools(WiFi 100)
The Fourth Strategy on IT in Education(ITE4)
• Launched on 25 August 2015
WiFi 900
1st 400• 2015/16 School year• Over 80% adopted subscription mode
2nd 300• 2016/17 School year
3rd 200• 2017/18 School year
Support Measures
Recurrent grant to public sector schools (Except WiFi100 schools) for enhancing WiFi infrastructure of $48,530 to 121,340
One off grant for acquiring mobile computing devices of $69,400 to$173,510
Providing checklist and sample specifications …… Technical Advisory Team to provide consultancy service
Professional Development Programmes …… Strengthen CoE(Centre of Excellence) and setting up communities of practices
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No. of schools
No. of Subjects
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Schools’ plan in adopting e‐learning (1)
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Any BYOD Policies? Accumulated (%)
None 50
Aware the issue and formulating 81
Policy formulated but not yet implemented
88
Policy formulated and implemented 96
Have support measures to facilitate BYOD (e.g. AUP, Single sign‐on, charging
facilities)
100
Are schools ready to implement BYOD?
WiFi900 1st batch
• 80% schools adopted WiFi subscription service
• Average satisfactory level 2.46 / 4
Unsatisfactory Acceptable Very satisfactory
Excellent
23 143 132 197% 45% 42% 6%
(out of 340 schools for subscription, 317 schools responded this question)
Enhanced measures for WiFi900 (2nd batch)Facilitate schools’ early preparation – briefing sessions organised in Dec 2015, seminars for school leaders in Jan 2016Special workshops on formulating user requirement specifications (Jan to Mar by CUHK)Enhanced technical advisory and support by ITE Section, HKEdCity and collaboration with the Association of I.T. Leaders in Education
Briefing session Special workshop – school visit
Item WiFi 900 –1st batch
WiFi 900 –2nd batch
Remarks
EDB CM, briefing for schools and EOI form submission
Feb to Apr 2015
Briefing for schools and ICT Sector
May 2015 Dec 2015 (Schools)
March 16 (ICT Sector)
Training Jan – Mar 2016
Prepare quotation documents
Apr – May Mar – May Checklist, Sample User RequirementSpecifications and Technical Advisory Service
Quotation procedures and contract award
June – Jul May – Jun
Construction work Jul – Sep Jun – AugProgress update Aug – Oct Aug – Oct
Completion Sep Sep
Progress
WiFi 900 – 2nd Batch
Collaboration among stakeholders
WiFi in schools
Schools
EDBIT industry
• Source of funding• Technical advisory
Service
• Total user experience• Clear requirements• Choose vendors
• Clear communication with schools
• Design and build• Support service
Roles and Responsibility
WiFi100 and WiFi900 experiences
• Service providers shall strengthen communication among sub-contractors and with schools
• Single contact point, e.g. Project Manager
• Service providers shall enhance schedule and resource management
Technical Advisory Service and face-to-face sessions1. Information note2. Sample Requirement specifications3. Sample System Test4. Sample UAT5. Recommended Practices on Information
Security
Information Note
Information Note – Standard Provision• WiFi Internet Connectivity - use IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac or
above network in a standard classroom. The minimum number of classrooms to be covered should be at least equal to the number of approved classes for the 2016/17 school year.
• Number of Concurrent Connection - commensurate with the maximum number of students, say 40, in a class with at least 1 Mbps upload / download bandwidth per user connection for browsing web pages.
• Authentication Method - use Hong Kong Education City accounts for authentication to save the effort for device registration.
School Case• At least covering all classrooms of EDB approved number
of classes
• Mobile AP is not acceptable, all those classrooms should be WiFi connected
• Each WiFi connection should have at least 1 Mbps upload and download speed, total bandwidth shall evenly distributed among number of connections
• Suggest school to adopt 2.4GHz or 5GHz according to the environment
Information Note – Standard Provision• Session Control - allow multiple devices per user
account to be authenticated using Hong Kong Education City.
• Internet Content Filtering Service - based on filtering profile commonly adopted by most schools.
• Existing Network Facilities - not rely on any existing network facilities and cabling of the schools, nor interfere with the existing WiFi network of the schools.
• Existing Broadband Network – Use the existing broadband link for the WiFi service.
School Case
• Contractor shall advise school if existing Conduit / Cable / Trunk / Switch / AP of the school can or cannot be technically feasible for use
• Schools may have other construction work or activities during summer vacations, that may interfere with WiFiconstruction work, detailed project schedule should be agreed once Contract confirmed
Information Note – Standard Provision• Managed Service - operate the WiFi network using
managed service model, provide end-to-end service including provision, monitoring and maintenance service.
• Service Level Agreement - ensure at least 99.7% availability of the WiFi service, support four-hour response time and four-hour service recovery with active monitoring, helpdesk support with support hours from Mon to Sat 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, and provide monthly monitoring reports for School.
Information Note – Add-on Service• WiFi Coverage - to include special rooms and open areas
• Broadband Service - provide broadband service with at least 100Mbps Internet connection at school and allowing upgrade to 1Gbps
• Authentication - user account system being used by school
• Session Control - allow single device per user account or other arrangement to be authenticated if using Hong Kong Education City accounts
• WLAN System Access Control - provide MAC address filtering mechanism, pre-shared key mechanism, etc.
Mutual understanding and agreement on
provision
Information Note – Add-on Service• MAC Address Monitoring – The lists of filtering and filtered mac
addresses are to be monitored by the Contractor or the School.
• Internet Content Filtering Service - specific request on content filtering
• Integration - system integration with existing network
• Internet addresses subscription & configuration – for Internet access to school internal resources.
• Monitoring of WiFi network - specific request on monitoring of WiFinetwork by School
• Redundancy - increase the availability of the WiFi service
• Supporting hours - longer support hours and shorter time recovery
For Information Security, Network
Integration is NOT
recommended
School Case• School may request extra work, e.g. integration to existing
school LAN network, cabling for other coverage, MAC address filtering tool, etc. Contractor shall obtain detailed requirement from schools and propose appropriate technical solution
Wi-Fi.HK Service• It is outlined here for schools’ reference and consideration on
the related service requirements.• Authentication - landing page with Wi-Fi.HK logo, terms and
conditions and disclaimers but no registration/login is required for use of Wi-Fi.HK; users can use the free Wi-Fi service after accepting the terms and conditions in the landing page
• Content filtering - can also apply to Wi-Fi.HK though it is not mandatory
• Integration - the network for supporting Wi-Fi.HK shall be isolated from the School’s network without direct access; connections via Wi-Fi.HK shall have access to the Internet only
• Helpdesk - service provider will provide hotline service and contact email for public enquiry of its service
Sample Requirement Specification
Remarks - UAT• 4.9 User Acceptance Test•
• 4.9.1 The Contractor shall conduct tests with the School before the service is officially accepted and subscription started. Tests shall include User Acceptance Test for reliability and performance of the hardware and software, and also the monitoring, operation support and all other aspects related to the Service Level Agreement of the Service. At least 14 school working days of trial period is expected for service monitoring after testing.
Remarks – Sub-Contracts
Remarks – Service Level Rebates and Termination of Service
Sample System Test
Sample UAT
Speed Test: OFCA tool, HK Education City
Enquiry• http://www.edb.gov.hk/ited/wifi900
• Use of Funding: (852) 3698 3606 • Professional Development Programmes: (852) 3698 3610• Technical Advisory Service: (852) 3698 4148 / 3698 3566