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Dr. Jarallah S. ALGhamdiMinistry of Education

Saudi Arabia

KSA Schools Connectivity Project

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General Information• Population: 27.1 mil Citizens: 18.7 mil Non-Citizens: 8.4 mil • Area: 2.2 mil Km2 • Schools: 33000• In 45 directorates and 295 districts• Some schools are in difficult locations

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Vision for IT

IT is one of the main pillars of Ministry of Education strategy

IT is considered as an enabler to all MoE functions

Support each teacher, employee, and official to do his job

At all levels of the Ministry

Provide all services electronically to stakeholders

Provide accurate information all times

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The Needed Infrastructure

Central systems

Different architectures available

Utilize the economy of scale / power of scale

Give autonomy and flexibility as much as possible

Connectivity

School and classroom infrastructure

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IT infrastructure for MoE Saudi Arabia

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Databases (unified, secure, & integrated)Databases (unified, secure, & integrated)

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Operating Systems

Backup SystemsServersالخوادم

Communication systems

Security systems and tools

Parent. . . .

VideoConference

eLearning

Reports / BI

ECM &Correspondence

Connectivity

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Connectivity Infrastructure

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Project Milestones

We are here

2009 2012 20152010

Phase 1: DSL Connectivity

Phase 2: DSL & Broadband

VSAT 2

DIA

Phase 3: VSAT 1

2014 2016

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TotalNumber of

Schools Provider Speed Connectivity

15,500 15,500 Provider 1 1 & 2 Mega DSL

15,000 9,000 Provider 1

Up 2 MegaBroadband6000 Provider 2

2,644

1723 Provider 11M download512K upload

VSAT921 Provider 2

33,144 Total

Current Schools Connectivity Type

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Project Start Date End Date Delivered Sites Progress Ordered sites

Provider 2 Remote Schools (VSAT) Sept 2011 April 2012 921 100% 921

Provider 1 Remote Schools (VSAT) Sept 2011 April 2012 1000 100% 1000Provider 1 Remote Schools (VSAT)

Part 2 April 2012 Feb 2013 659 100% 659Provider 1Remote Schools (VSAT)

Part 3 Mar 2013 May 2013 64 39.75% 161

DIA Part 1 Jan 2013 Dec 2013 129 6.45% 2000

VSAT & DIA Overall Progress

Remote Schools (VSAT)

Remote Schools

(VSAT) Part 2

Remote Schools

(VSAT) Part 3

DIA0

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Scope Progress

Progress48.48%Balance

51.52%

Overall Projects Progress

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