INSPIRE Provincial Information Society Strategy Programme in the Republic of South Africa

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INSPIREProvincial Information Society Strategy
Programme in the Republic of South Africa
The need to create an Information Society...
e-School Network Conference 01 October 2008
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Overview

• Background
• Building an Inclusive Information Society
• National Cabinet Decisions
• The National ISAD Plan
• INSPIRE Programme
• Stakeholders and Beneficiaries
• Institutional Arrangements
• Roles of the Working Groups
• e-Education Pilot Project

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Background
South Africa has long recognised importance of
ICTs for development and the need to build an
inclusive Information Society with a development
agenda
South Africa hosted the Information Society and
Development (ISAD) Summit
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Building an Inclusive Information Society
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National Cabinet Decisions
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National Cabinet Decisions
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The National ISAD Plan
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INSPIRE Programme

• Limpopo and the Northern Cape provinces were
  selected as pilot provinces for the establishment
  of information society strategy and model.
• The strategy and model will be replicated in
  other provinces and possibly in SADC countries.
• Duration of programme is 3 years (2008-2010), and
  it is funded by the Government of Finland for 4
  077 000 euros

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INSPIRE Objectives

• Enhance the delivery and implementation of the
  provincial growth and development strategy (PGDS)
  for poverty alleviation
• To create an integrated, comprehensive and
  feasible inclusive provincial information society
  strategy and development models in the provinces
  of Limpopo and Northern Cape
• To ensure coordination and assessment of ICT
  policies, projects and programmes in government

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INSPIRE Components

• Component 1 Technical Assistance
• Component 2 Strategy Process
• Component 3 Capacity Building
• Component 4 Technical Infrastructure
• Component 5 Strategy-induced Initiatives

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Institutional Arrangements
Supervisory Board
Project Steering Committee
Inter-Provincial Working Group
Social Dimension
Economic Dimension
Technological Dimension
e-Health
Infrastructure
SMMEs
e-Education
Tourism
Open Source Software
e-Government
Agriculture
Local Content
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Stakeholders and Beneficiaries BUG C Model

• BUG C members
• Government departments
• Municipalities
• Parastatals
• Business Chambers
• Educational Institutions
• Research Institutions
• NGOs
• Media
• Civic Organisations
• School Governing Bodies (SGBs)
• Trade Unions
• Educator (School Teacher) Bodies
• Faith-based Organisations
• Traditional Authorities
• Citizens

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Roles of the Working Groups

• Awareness raising with provincial departments and
  municipalities in the field of information
  society.
• Development of concept documents for the
  information society strategy development
• Development of the information society strategy
  in corporation with technical assistance and
  selected research company.
• Development and implementation of
  strategy-induced initiatives within provincial
  departments and municipalities particularly in
  the key development areas.

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e-Education Pilot Project
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Overall Objectives

• To support and develop the effective use of ICT
  in education and training systems
• To guarantee that children in the province of
  Limpopo equally participate in the information
  society and utilize it in learning.
• To develop the good quality products and service
  and exchange and transfer good practices
• To exploit the potential of e-learning in the
  context of innovation in teaching methods with a
  view to improving the quality of the learning
  process and fostering the autonomy of learners.

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Project Goal

• To enhance teaching and learning as well as to
  improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
  management and administration by integrating
  innovative information and communication
  technologies into Secondary Schools, Circuit
  Offices, District Offices, and Provincial
  Department of Education in Limpopo at the
  selected pilot sites.

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Implementation

• Situational analysis in the selected pilot sites.
• Provision of ICT connection and infrastructure
  for pilot sites.
• Teachers professional development.
• Development and testing of new ICT inclusive
  training and learning models (integrating ICT
  into teaching and learning).
• Collection of best practices and lessons learned
  for replication.

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Project Beneficiaries

• The direct beneficiaries are estimated
• 300 teachers (15 schools x 20 teachers from any
  disciplines), and 65 management officials (15
  schools x 3 School Management Team members, and
  15 Circuit Office Managers) within the
  educational sector of Limpopo Province.
• Indirect Beneficiaries
• 10 500 learners (15 schools x 700 learners)

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Thank You
Thank You
Contact Details Rolda Mamabolo Tel 015-294
7743 Cell 072 467 6435 Email
roldam_at_premier.limpopo.gov.za