1 Million PCs for LEARNING

Sara KyofunaPartnership Development

SchoolNet Africas.kyofuna@schoolnetafrica.org

www.schoolnetafrica.net

Brief History

Consultation with national SchoolNets in over 30 countries at number of conferences hosted by SchoolNet Africa e.g. Botswana – April 2003, Johannesburg – June 2004, Namibia – March 2004 etc

Research e.g, - Treating Africa and Refurbs with respect, eWast, TCO btn new Pcs and refurbs.

Discussions and debates on various issues of the campaign – online and face to face at forums.

CAMPAIGN PLAN/APPROACH -SCHOOLNET VALUE CHAIN

Value Chain- Creating awareness at all levels i.e schools, institutions,

donors (international and national), Govts, NGO, well-wishers, etc

- Forming partnerships- Sourcing Pcs- Selecting and equipping schools, institutions, TSC etc

e.g. Infrastructure, schools readiness.- Capacity building ie, Training in both technical and

pedagogy, Teacher professional development, schools management, helpdesks etc

- Continues Research, learning and evaluation on various issues like; policies, appropriate technologies, challenges, educational content and curriculum integration, etc

1MILLION PC CAMPAIGN: Partnerships

• Companies-• Governments – access to schools, duties

etc• Network of SchoolNet Practitioners• Schools, Institutions, teachers, head

teachers

Progress so far

Courses developed Training Research Sourced Pcs and equipped schools e.g

KPN 10,000pcs Preparation of the network of

practitioners Set up TSCs Publications about the campaign

examples

Thank you for your attention

Sara KyofunaPartnership Development

SchoolNet Africas.kyofuna@schoolnetafrica.org

www.schoolnetafrica.net