Next step in 21st century education for students in Africa
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* Eight secondary schools have now received the PC as a Service solution
* More than 500 multi-year scholarships are planned to be distributed in 2012
* Some 5,000 African students and their teachers in four countries can benefit
from connectivity to a 21(st) century education
Eight secondary schools in Africa have now received the PC as a Service
solution, a cloud-computing solution that provides schools with a low-
maintenance, easy-to-use model that is optimized for mobile broadband networks.
The deployment is part of Connect To Learn's initiative in the Millennium
Village clusters in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
In addition, more than 500 scholarships will be distributed in 2012 thanks to
Connect To Learn partners including Ericsson, the Sanchez-Palm Girls Scholarship
Fund, SpinMaster, JM Eagle and a number of individual contributors. Scholarships
cover tuition, boarding and other school-related expenses.
Elaine Weidman, Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility,
Ericsson, says: "Mobile and broadband technology is a key enabler for access to
a quality education in all communities, even the poorest and most rural.
Delivering cloud-based computers and connecting them in the eight schools is a
major step in our mission to bring a quality secondary education to more
students."
PC as a Service uses laptops on a mobile broadband connection, and allows
students to have access to the news, information and the latest educational
content, as well as fellow students around the world. For teachers, it allows
greater focus on students, as maintenance of the solution is done remotely.
The eight secondary schools now using the solution are located in Millennium
Villages Project clusters in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda where Ericsson
has been active in providing the network infrastructure and services to bring
voice and data communications as part of the broader Millennium Villages
Project.
During 2011 Connect To Learn was deployed in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
In total, some 5,000 African students now have access to quality learning
resources for a 21st century education.
In addition to these activities, ICT deployments have begun in Chile and Jamaica
where hundreds more students will benefit from the support of Connect To Learn.
Photos Left to Right:
Connect To Learn Ulumbi Secondary School Sauri, Kenya_
Connect To Learn Mbola Millennium Village Students at Llolangulu Secondary
school (at front: Ericsson_region sub-Saharan Africa Director_Margaret_Kositany)
Connect To Learn Uganda_Ntungu Secondary school, Headteacher_Innocent Nakawunde,
Prof Earth Institute_David Hursh, ICTteacher_Bylon Kagwisagye
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Connect To Learn
Connect To Learn is a public-private partnership between Ericsson, the Earth
Institute at Columbia University, and Millennium Promise along with operator and
other corporate and individual partners. A global education initiative, Connect
To Learn is designed to ensure a 21st century secondary education for everyone -
even those in the most remote villages of the world - by providing secondary
school scholarships for girls, and making ICT investments in their schools to
improve access to quality educational resources.
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