Post by Honorebu on Jul 17, 2016 4:01:32 GMT
Tigo Tanzania is working with the country’s Ministry of Communications, Works and Infrastructure to connect secondary schools to the internet. The memorandum of understanding for this project was signed at Jangwani Secondary School in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Tigo’s Chief Commercial Officer, Shavkat Berdiev and the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry, Prof. Faustine Kamuzora, were present at the event.
What Tigo Will Be Doing
Tigo Tanzania will wire the classrooms of several secondary schools and will install the accompanying LAN infrastructure. Tigo has already connected 31 public secondary schools in Tanzania with the internet. It is planning to connect 50 more schools this year.
Prof. Kamuzora was quoted by IT News Africa as saying:
“I commend Tigo for its readiness to engage in public and private sector partnerships in order to help secondary school students in Tanzania and also welcome the participation of other stakeholders in the integration of this technology”, Prof. Kamuzora added.
This project forms part of Tigo’s corporate social responsibility portfolio which includes donation of over 2,700 desks to needy primary schools.
The Role Of The Tanzanian Government
The Tanzanian Government through the Ministry will identify and provide a list of schools without computer labs. These are the schools that will be connected to the internet. It will also guide the implementation of the project. It appears the ministry will be the one monitoring the project to ensure it achieves its objectives.
According to reports, Shavkat Berdiev (Tigo) said this:
“We are grateful to the government for accepting to partner with Tigo in this very important initiative aiming at supporting the government vision of ensuring that all mankind benefit from the access and use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in various discipline to improve their social and economic situations.”
The Impact of The Project
According to Prof. Kamuzora, the project will enable the secondary school students get access to the massive wealth of knowledge available on the internet. He said this will help them become more creative. It will also enable them collaborate with other students across Africa and the rest of the world.
Once this project is completed, students will be able to acquire the digital skills they need to compete effectively. They will also be taught ICT skills.
www.techvoize.com/africa/secondary-schools-get-internet-access-courtesy-tigo-tanzania-3758