NEPAD eSchools

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NEPAD e-Schools
Matthew Chetty Manager NEPAD e-Schools Demo

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NEPAD e-SCHOOLS INITIATIVE

• Purpose
• To impart ICT skills to young Africans in primary
  and secondary schools
• To use ICT to improve the provision of education
  in African schools
• To use ICT to improve the health of young
  Africans.

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WHAT IS A NEPAD e-SCHOOL?

• A NEPAD e-School is one which
• Will produce young Africans with skills to
  participate in the knowledge economy
• Is equipped with apparatus of the knowledge
  economy
• Is connected to the Internet
• Has teachers trained to teach ICT skills
• Allows teachers to use ICT to deliver their
  lessons
• Uses ICT for administration of the school
• Has a health point.

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NEPAD e-SCHOOLS INITIATIVE TASK AHEAD

• To develop all African primary and secondary
  schools to become NEPAD e-Schools
• There are about 600, 000 schools in Africa (about
  10 secondary schools)
• Target is to convert all schools in any given
  country to NEPAD e-Schools
• Secondary schools in 5 years
• Primary schools in 10 years
• from project inception.

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PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

• Project to be implemented in 3 phases each
  comprising 15 20 countries.
• First phase will comprise 16 countries.
• Algeria, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Gabon, Nigeria,
  Rwanda, Congo, Mozambique, South Africa,
  Mauritius, Ghana, Uganda, Mali, Cameroon,
  Ethiopia and Kenya
• The following will be included once confirmation
  of their participation is received
• Egypt, Lesotho, Angola and Benin
• Project definition, coordination, monitoring and
  evaluation will be conducted at continental
  level.
• Project execution will be conducted at national
  level.

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PROJECT PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES

• Development of NEPAD e-Schools concept
• NEPAD e-Schools Implementation Structure
• Business plan development
• Demonstration project
• Funds mobilisation
• Commencement of roll-out

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BENEFITS OF THE NEPAD APPROACH

• Cost reduction thru bulk purchasing and
  exploiting economies of scale
• Shared learning, collaboration and coordination
• Standardisation
• Resource mobilisation
• Political goodwill and support

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PARTNERSHIP

• Continental Structures
• NEPAD HSGIC approval
• AU Flagship project
• Country Governments
• Agreement on NEPAD
• e-Schools concept framework,
• implementation structures
• and NEPAD e-Schools Demo
• Private Sector
• ISPAD
• SAP, ORACLE Corporation SA, Intelsat, Microsoft,
• Sentech, MTN Foundation, Grintek Telecom, ZTE
  Corporation Africa
• Development Partners

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AIM OF THE NEPAD e-SCHOOLS DEMO
The NEPAD e-Schools Demo is intended to accrue a
body of knowledge based on real-life experiences
of implementing ICTs in schools across the
African continent, that will serve to inform the
rollout of the NEPAD e-Schools Initiative
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RATIONALE BEHIND NEPAD e-SCHOOLS DEMO

• NEPAD e-Schools Demo is a platform for
• typical scenarios and requirements
• challenges in large-scale implementation
• effectiveness of partnerships
• best practice
• benefits of the satellite-based network
• benefits of ICT in African schools

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SCOPE OF NEPAD e-SCHOOLS DEMO

• Six schools per country
• All participating phase one countries
• All schools are secondary (or equivalent)
  schools
• Diversity of circumstances
• demographics, geography, level of infrastructure,
  etc.

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CURRENT STATUS

• Agreement from countries on Demo concept
• List of six schools per country
• Establishing working groups for
• Infrastructure, Content, Teacher Training and
  Health Point
• ME
• Engagement with Private Sector, especially ISPAD
• Development of Implementation Framework

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Next Steps

• Approval of Implementation Framework
• Agreements
• Implementation
• ME

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Thank You

• Matthew Chetty
• dchetty_at_csir.co.za