How is Education fostered by PAVs and CMCs in Mozambique? Sara Vannini, Dr. Isabella Rega, Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Cantoni
How is Education fostered by PAVs and CMCs in Mozambique?
Sara Vannini, Dr. Isabella Rega, Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Cantoni
Specific Goals: • To create for the first time a map of the current number,
typology and localization of PAVs in Mozambique;
Aims of the presentation
Specific Goals: • To create for the first time a map of the current number,
typology and localization of PAVs in Mozambique; • To introduce Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs)
and which the governmental programs regarding them;
Aims of the presentation
Specific Goals: • To create for the first time a map of the current number,
typology and localization of PAVs in Mozambique; • To introduce Community Multimedia Centres (CMCs)
and which the governmental programs regarding them; • To draw a map of the education services CMCs offer to
the population, thus helping quantify the magnitude of the phenomenon in the country.
Aims of the presentation
Aims of the presentation
General Goals: • Serve as a frame from which to draw samples (both
at a research and at a governmental level);
Aims of the presentation
General Goals: • Serve as a frame from which to draw samples (both
at a research and at a governmental level); • Facilitate analysis by making it possible to
differentiate findings by type of establishment;
Aims of the presentation
General Goals: • Serve as a frame from which to draw samples (both
at a research and at a governmental level); • Facilitate analysis by making it possible to
differentiate findings by type of establishment; • Participate in the Global Impact Study to help
quantify the magnitude of the public access ICT phenomenon globally.
A Public Access to ICTs Venue (PAV) is a place where the general public can use a
computer and connect to the Internet…
Public Access Venues
A Public Access to ICTs Venue (PAV) is a place where the general public can use a
computer and connect to the Internet…
No matter whether… • It is a stand alone facility; • The service is paid for or free.
www.globalimpactstudy.org
Public Access Venues
The Context: Mozambique
Why Mozambique?
1. Mozambique is one of the countries that was selected for UNESCO’s CMCs scale-up program;
The Context: Mozambique
Why Mozambique?
1. Mozambique is one of the countries that was selected for UNESCO’s CMCs scale-up program;
2. The Government of Mozambique will set up new CMCs in the very next years;
The Context: Mozambique
Why Mozambique?
1. Mozambique is one of the countries that was selected for UNESCO’s CMCs scale-up program;
2. The Government of Mozambique will set up new CMCs in the very next years;
3. Missing study;
The Context: Mozambique
Why Mozambique?
1. Mozambique is one of the countries that was selected for UNESCO’s CMCs scale-up program;
2. The Government of Mozambique will set up new CMCs in the very next years;
3. Missing study; 4. Overview needed!
The Context: Mozambique
The Context: Mozambique
• Method by TASCHA’s Global Impact Study inventory (www.globalimpactstudy.org);
• Retrieval of information by official sources, literature review;
• Survey to the CMCs carried on by telephone at a national level (technology availability, people involved, services and training offered to the communities…).
Methodology
63 official PAVs in Mozambique:
• 40 Multimedia Community Centres (CMCs) • 14 Cybercafés • 6 Millennium Villages • 2 Telecentres • 1 “Cyber Bus”
Results: PAVs’ Number and Typology
Results: # of PAVs per macro regions
Total # Total CMCs Others Total / region
South Maputo 15 8 7
25 (15 CMCs) Gaza 6 4 2
Inhambane 4 3 1
Centre
Zambezia 6 4 2
19 (11 CMCs) Manica 4 3 1
Sofala 4 1 3
Tete 5 3 2
North
Nampula 11 6 5
19 (14 CMCs) Cabo Delgado 4 4 0
Niassa 4 4 0
# Total CMCs: 40
# CMCs still not fully working: 4
# CMCs fully working: 36
# CMCs that did not respond to our phone survey: 13
# CMCs that responded to our phone survey: 23
Results
Results: Offered courses per macro regions
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Access Internet (Explorer)
Foreign Languages (EN, FR)
Computer maintenance for
volunteers
External training for
volunteers
Internal training for
volunteers
Tot CMCs offering ICT
training
SOUTH 8 1 3 0 1 5 6 8
CENTRE 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 3
NORTH 6 0 1 1 1 3 4 6
TOT. 17 1 5 1 2 10 12 17
Results: Offered courses per macro regions
Total # of CMCs that responded to our survey
Tot # CMCs offering ICT
training to the community
% on the tot CMCs that responded
SOUTH 8 8 100%
CENTRE 7 3 43%
NORTH 8 6 75%
TOT. 23 17 74%
Thank You!
Sara Vannini, Dr. Isabella Rega, Prof. PhD Lorenzo Cantoni
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