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About Education Export Business and ProjectsDestinations Kabul, Riyadh, Beijing and Juba
Pekka Makkonen (PMa)[email protected]
Updated: April 2, 2014
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How exporting education services? (1/2)
• Finland is one of the top countries in ICT• In other countries level of the education and ICT use can differ
from Finnish situation– Some countries have been more innovative and advanced
compared to Finland (USA, South Korea, Estonia…?) – Most countries outside of Europe are behind Finland
• Reasons are versatile– Infrastructure undeveloped– Economic– Political– Religious
• In this presentation we look at how education can be exported from Europe to Asia and Africa
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How exporting education services? (2/2)
• We have four different formats in international educ. export/co-operation1. Exporting in a consortium with the help of a
developing bank to a developing country2. Rich country has no expertise enough-it needs
international partners3. EU-funded research/education co-operation4. Developing infrastructure in a developing country -
training services from Europe are a part of this activity
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Background/PMa• Born in Suonenjoki where childhood• University of Jyväskylä (JyU) Master of Economic Sciences -major
information systems• JyU –teacher training• Work assignments in ICT education and teaching since 1985• Rotary Group Study Exchange
– Pennsylvania 1995• In teacher exchange programs since 1999
– E-learning and knowledge management as teaching topics– Especially EU Erasmus
• Research published in international forums since 1995– E-learning and curriculum development
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Case 1: Kabul
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Kabul (1/4)• August 2009-July 2010• Development banks such as World Bank (WB) support
the development in developing countries • Maxwell Stamp Plc international economics consultancy
company contacted JyU-owned Uniservices Ltd. – These formed the consortium to submit an application to WB– The client was the technical and vocational education
organization of Afghanistan (under the ministry of education)• Establishing National Institute of Management and
Administration (NIMA) 2009-2011
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Kabul (2/4)
• Application process– Applications from the companies/the consortiums– Short listings• Three companies/consortiums were on the last tender
round• Team and its key experts should be defined
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Kabul (3/4)• Schools
– School of ICT– School of Management– School of Accounting
– Each school had the head of the school• 500 students• Double diploma
– Local diploma– Diploma based on the accreditation from JyU
• Teacher training – Local bachelors from those three areas were trained to become the teachers at NIMA in the
future– Teacher trainer
• Pedagogical training– Content training by a faculty trainer and a head of a school
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Kabul (4/4)
• Project control– Working in each positions based on the Terms of
Reference (ToR) description• Outputs in each position were defined• The control of the superior was based on ToR
– Reporting is needed for the donor (WB) and the client– Based on the approval by the donor the project was able
to go ahead and the amounts defined on the contract were paid
– Each head of the school contributed the reports for the donor and the client
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Organization structure
Team Leader
Head of the ICT school
Head of the Management
school
Head of the accounting Teacher trainer Exam expert Curriculum
expert
Deputy Team Leader
Supervision: WorldBank, TVE agency of AfghanistanMaxwell Stamp (lead organization) and Uniservices (subcontractor)
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ICT School in Kabul
Head of the school
Teacher 1 Teacher 2 Taecher… Teacher 7
Faculty trainer
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Main street
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Ahead on the main street
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Near NIMA on the street
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NIMA yard
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One school building in NIMA area
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In Kabul good points were
• International team– I learnt a lot things from the other team members
• The challenging culture and different cultures in one team developed flexibility and stress management
• Once in month allowed to visit Finland• It was so visible how NIMA developed– Learning environment– Language skills– Motivation
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In Kabul challenging points were
• War condition– Not allowed to move and be outside many times
• Lack of electricity• Empty buildings at the beginning
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Case 2: Riyadh
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Riyadh
• From August 2012 to June 2013• Saudi Arabia has a need to quadruple the amount of technical and vocational
education in next five years– https://www.finpro.fi/maaprofiilit/saudi-arabia (see weaknesses)
• There are no local teachers for technical and vocational teaching• Germany and other countries are needed to help Saudis• Companies or consortiums participated in the competitions about the
education contracts with Saudi Technical Vocational Education Company (TVTC)– GIZ (www.giz.de)
• Owned by German Federal Government• 15000 employees in different projects around the world
• Technical trainers’ college (TTC) is one of nine colleges led by GIZ in Saudi Arabia
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TTC (Technical Trainers’ College)
• Teacher training college– YouTube
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Y5u2_axUU– Bachelor (engineering) degree in one field of technology
(for example in ICT) and teacher’s qualification• 4 years• Qualification for Master Degree studies in Europe
– The idea of the education is that the bachelors graduated from TTC go the vocational colleges to teach there
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ICT school at TTC
• Telecomm• Networking• Application development
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In Riyadh good points were
• Good international work community• Saudi education budget excellent
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In Riyadh challenging points were
• Islamic way of life was other way of life• Some students were challenging– Too young to have a professional touch?
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One local source of livelihood
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Compound
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Visible economic growth in Riyadh
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Immigrant workers
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Interesting architecture
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TTC students
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Case 3: Beijing
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Beijing
• October and November in 2011• China is the most promising market in many areas• E-business is developing as well– e-berea program, in which running research and training
• http://ictalliance.org/eberea/– My contribution was producing e-learning exercises for
knowledge management course at Renmin University- in a high-quality scientific university
• Internet censorship restricted running courses
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A downtown view in Beijing
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Case 4: Juba
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Juba (1/2)• A project started in July 2013• South Sudan on the newest country in the world
– Independence in the year 2011– Lot of development targets
• See for example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJzih78doGg
• Ministries under establishing• Ministry of finance
– Need to create comprehensive ICT infrastructure• The donor was consortium
– Canada and five countries in Europe• Competition
– Written offers– Short-listed companies (3 kpl)– on line Datensysteme GmbH awarded with a partner from Romania
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Juba (2/2)• Project started in July 2013• Project team consisted of experts from different countries
– They were on the field in Juba in different times• The starting point was some separate applications for different activities• Comprehensive developing targets were
– Hardware– Software – Telecommunications– Reorganizing ICT unit based on services lines– Training
• Project had/has a Facebook page– https://
www.facebook.com/pages/Juba-Project-CBTF-it-Support-Phase-II/638986572797934
– See the development of the project starting at the end of this page
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Juba project on Facebook
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Staff structure
Ministry staff
Ministry ICT crew
Project team-project had four goals and that’s why different team members were onboard on different times-for each goal different team members have been defined in the ToR of the project
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In Juba good points were
• Versatile project• New country• People friendly
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In Juba challenging points were
• Epidemic as threat– Vaccination helps
• Political instability• Restrictions– Photographing– While visiting most countries in Africa and Asia, it
is better be careful in these issues• The concept of time may be different
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On the left hotel area inside the wall
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Juba airport road
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Meeting with the ministry ICT team
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Where to get work? (1/2)
• LinkedIn– Groups
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Where to get work? (2/2)
• Companies (example GIZ)
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What do you need for your application?
• Cover letter• CV– EU format– WorldBank format– Other formats
• Diploma copies• Reference letters• Recommendations
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Additional information
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