Will all First Nations schools be able to implement BCeSIS?
Like any information system, a need and existing infrastructure must exist, in order for BCeSIS to be worthwhile implementing. Many First Nations schools are very small and remote. They may have only 5 students or they may only offer nursery and Kindergarten. Their Internet connectivity may be poor to non-existent. During the drafting of the Implementation Plan (Plan), the team has examined the various challenges that exist in these types of schools. When analyzing the configuration of First Nations schools, from an objective standpoint, approximately 50% of First Nations schools do not meet the size, grade offering or Internet connectivity requirements of BCeSIS. However these schools account for only 19% of the total First Nations schools population. While the Plan does not automatically discount those schools, it does prioritize the schools which have fewer barriers to implementation. Part of the implementation will be to support these smaller schools which don’t initially meet the
