Gen-i Engineer for Schools A schools partnership
May 31, 2015
Gen-i Engineer for Schools
A schools partnership
School’s need:
• Economical 1st level support • Reliable, regular support• Sustainable access to expertise• Reduction in workload for IT managers in
schools – focus on teaching & learning
What were the drivers?
• It grew out of a need to ensure that our teachers were able to operate within a digital environment that was as reliable as we could make it and also a need to ensure that technical support was affordable.
• It saw tertiary, business and schools working
together in mutually beneficial ways.
What were the drivers
• Cost for low level intervention $40/hour
• Digi Ops Technician for Schools Scheme
• Sustainability
• Economies of Scale
GE4Skls provides :
• school’s basic IT support needs in a sustainable and affordable way
• a young person the opportunity to get their foot in the door of the IT industry
• WITT with enhancements to their programme – a Graduate programme.
• Gen-i with a profile & presence in schools.