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SchoolNet
Africa (SNA) and its major
partner in the Campaign
for 1 Million PCs for African
Schools, the Open
Society Initiative for Southern
Africa (OSISA) acknowledges
the many people who have
contributed in different
ways to the compilation
of this path-breaking course
on managing and establishing
schoolnet-focused technical
service centres.
A
special word of thanks
is due to Mr
Ashraf Patel, Ms Grace-Kaimila
Ganjo and Ms Nomthandazo
Shoba from
OSISA for their consistent
commitment towards promoting
the work of SchoolNet
Africa with reference
to ICT access for African
schools.
SchoolNet
Africa also acknowledges
the principal role played
by Neil Butcher
and Associates
who led this course development
process and especially
Ms Sandi
Sussman
who has worked tirelessly
in completing what turned
out to be a tour de force
under the direction of
Mr Neil Butcher
himself. Thanks also goes
to Ms Cassie
Janisch
for all her input and
support throughout the
project.
This
course along with its
training programme to
reach 200 African schoolnet
practitioners and its
concomitant establishment
of schoolnet technical
service centres across
Africa, marks an important
milestone certainly in
SchoolNet Africa’s
implementation strategy
for the coming period.
The
leadership of SchoolNet
Namibia and
Computers
for Schools Kenya
deserve special acknowledgement
for their support and
collaboration in the documentation
of their experiences with
establishing PC refurbishment
centres in their respective
countries.
SchoolNet
Africa also acknowledge
the role of bridges.org
in making available substantial
materials for the write
up of the technical sections
of this course.
We
also thank all those schoolnet
practitioners, experts
and policymakers who participated
in the online discussions
set up by SchoolNet Africa
recently for their contributions.
Ms
Shafika Isaacs-Bardien
Project Leader
May
2004
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