The Leland Initiative: Africa Global Information Infrastructure Gateway Project

School-to-School Partnership Program

The Leland Initiative's School-to-School Partnership Program aims to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue and joint projects between African primary and secondary schools in countries where this initiative is active, and where similar goals are adopted in schools in the United States. In African countries, this initiative, in conjunction with the USAID mission's bilateral funds, may assist schools in becoming aware of the academic uses of the Internet, and in acquiring the hardware and training needed to participate in this program.

The benefits of the Leland Initiative's School-to-School Partnership Program are four-fold:

It gives students and teachers a meaningful introduction to new technologies and provides them with the skills and the means to access resources previously unavailable due to high communications costs and limited communications technologies in Africa.

It helps faculty and administrators to further their skills and provides them with the resources to further develop their curricula.

The dialogue and projects created through this partnership program will enrich the African resources available on the Internet, supplying much-needed information about Africa and its relevance to other regions of the world.

In developing the skills of the participants, this partnership program cultivates the current and future markets for these technologies. The School-to-School Partnership Program contributes to the long-term growth of the user base and it can potentially help develop human resources at the country level.

This Program collaborates with the World Bank, Peace Corps, and Sister Cities International. It endorses the GLOBE Program, I*EARN, and ThinkQuest in the applications of the Internet to educational activities.

For more information, contact:
Zoey Breslar
AED/Leland Initiative
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1425
Washington, DC 20004, USA
Tel: (202) 661-5862
Fax: (202) 661-5891
Email: zbreslar@aed.org

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