School Connectivity Report MCIT
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School Connectivity Report MCIT
Title | School Connectivity Report MCIT |
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Place | Zoom.us |
Date, Time | 2021/04/17, 0900-1000 |
Contact Person | Catherine R. Kimambo |
Participants | Josef.Noll, Catherine R. Kimambo, Mulembwa Munaku |
related to Project | School Connectivity TZ, BasicInternet |
Keywords | School Connectivity |
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Purpose and status
Provide the status for the School Connectivity project in Tanzania and discuss follow-up.
- 10 schools in 10 areas connected
- Excellent cooperation with local governments, resulting in local involvement
- Good synergy between actors, including Vodacom, TTCL, Shuledirect, Tamisemi, African Child, BasicInternet
- Integrated approach covering (i) Connectivity even in area with bad mobile coverage, (ii) local content on the school server for enhanced Quality of experience, (iii) training for school teachers, and (iv) business model for sustainability
- Established key performance indicators (KPI), though only qualitative assessment foreseen
Integrated approach
Connectivity
The connectivity solution chosen for the (i) Connectivity even in area with bad mobile coverage, (ii) local content on the school server for enhanced Quality of experience, (iii) training for school teachers, and (iv) business model for sustainability
- Established key performance indicators (KPI), though only qualitative assessment foreseen
- How can we "top-up" when more than 10 GB is needed?
A: Vodacom will open for a B2B contract, needs further discussion - educational funds assigned to every school, supporting the installation
- Students will learn something valuable
Best praxis
- digital friends, local NGOs assist
- learning content, made available offline
- restricting sites that can be visited by the students and teachers
- diret involement of local government through TAMISEMI
Challenges
- network fluctuation in completely isolated areas - example: Simanjiro (Emboreet secondary school)
A: The 3G network is - lack of digital skills to non-IT teachers
Wishes from the schools and follow up:
- learning platform with teach involvement: teachers can download and make available for all children
- voucher for e.g. 1h, 4h, 24h access of teachers to the Internet (see BasicInternet:Voucher_Platform)
- top-up for schools
- business model for "wholesale", e.g. 10 SIM cards and 100 GB
- Reporting back from operators on usage in schools
- Applicability for Affordable Access in institutions such as schools, hospitals and communities
- Measuring the usage in the apps (Shuledirect, Vodacom Portal, Internet Lite)
- Scalability to 1000 and 5000 schools
Way ahead and next steps
- Implement the Vodacom portal and ask the schools feedback: https://e-fahamu.vodacom.co.tz (implemented)
- follow-up B2B wholesale (feedback on our models)
- Tanzania MCIT strategy
- Health platform/portal
- UCSAF: scale up - sustainable business model: Document describing options for a sustainable business model
Way ahead
- Follow-up meeting on 29Apr2021, 1400-1500h CEST (1500-1600h TZ time)
- Inputs for Vodacom strategy
Thumb | Title | Keywords | Date | Author/Project |
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School Connectivity TZ Status Apr2021 Click to Open SchoolConnectivity TZ 8Apr2021 |
School Connectivity | 8 April 2021 | Catherine R. Kimambo |