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Tanzania ICT Education Center Project Summary (Feb 2017)

Empowering teachers with ICT skills to enhance STEM education, bridging the digital divide in Tanzania via digital innovations and transformative learning. The project started as a Pilot Education Center and has now expanded into a Regional Center with partnerships with universities.

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Tanzania ICT Education Center Project Summary (Feb 2017)

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  1. Tanzania ICT Education CenterProject Summary (Feb 2017) • Pilot Education Center formed in Sept 2016 • Initial enrollments expected: 30, actual: 120 • Current enrollments exceeding expectations • Pilot Project expected to show results in 6 months but was self sufficient in 3 months • The center is now being expanded into a Regional Center with Partnerships from Harrisburg University and other Universities in Tanzania

  2. Background Information The idea of the Tanzania Center is based on the results of a Pilot Project initiated by the United Nations ICT4SIDS Partnership. The primary objective of this Pilot Project is to use the latest digital innovations for rapid advancement of human capacity building in STEM in the least developed countries (LDCs). Human Capacity Building (i.e., education) is the principle focus of the UN Sustainable Development Goal4 (“Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”) and Samoa Pathway Declaration (Section 11: Urgent Human Capacity Building Needs). Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, an active member of the ICT4SIDS Partnership, has played a leading role in the Tanzania Pilot Project in collaboration with the Tumani University located in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. The primary focus of the Tanzania Pilot Project is on educating school teachers in ICT so that they can improve the ICT skills of the students in Tanzania. Specifically, the Pilot Project offered courses on using computers in classrooms especially science subjects (e.g., Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Information Systems and Computer Applications) and also using computers in office environments (e.g., Microsoft Office skills). The initial plans of the Pilot Project were presented at the UN Infopoverty World Conference in April 2016. The Pilot Project has clearly demonstrated the need for ICT education in Tanzania -- the applicants for the classes for 30 students exceeded 100. The initial objective of the HU-Tanzania Stem (HTS) Center is to focus on ICT Education first and then broaden the scope to other STEM topics based on demand. Our initial target groups are school teachers who want to use ICT in teaching their respective courses and also the drop out children from schools because they do not see the relevance of education to their lives.

  3. Strategic Plan for the Tanzania Center

  4. Tanzania ICT Education CenterProject Summary (Feb 2017) The following slides are from a UN Infopoverty World Conference in April 2016 at UN HQ in NYC Presented by Mr John Mwapopo Coordinator of the Tanzania Education Center

  5. Tanzania: Educating School Teachers in ICT Project Vision Educating school teachers in ICT program to open life-changing opportunities for teachers and students through quality education. The purposes of the project are: Using Computers in Classrooms: Teaching science subjects (Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Information Systems and Computer Applications). This will equip teachers with the knowledge of how to use computers to research and to teach their respective courses. Using Computers in Office Environment: Training scholars to use computers in their offices to do different activities. Computers have become a way of life. Most people don't have the basic understanding and knowledge of computers, making computer training in demand. Facility: The project is being done at TUMAINI UNIVERSITY MAKUMIRA MBEYA CENTRE – (TUMA-MC).

  6. Methodology Used : Analyzed the gaps in Tanzanian ICT education Focused on educating school teachers as a Priority Area Proposed an ICT Hub for educating High School Teachers in ICT Needed ICT Hub generated by using Computer Aided Planning Course content with Mobile apps generated POC has gone through the Training University facilities selected for deployment Starting work with Educating Nurses also

  7. ICT FACILITIES Laboratories, Library The University has computer laboratory, language laboratory, nursing laboratory and a library. Computer Laboratory Computer laboratory has about 90 computers which are working, but the room can accommodate about 100 computers.

  8. Computer laboratory

  9. Extending The Project - NURSING LAB

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