Accelerated steps to connect every school in Rwanda
Solution providers are encouraged to apply to provide broadband internet to schools in the Eastern province.
Supporting educational policies with technology
Plan Ceibal was launched in 2007 to ensure that every child aged 6 to 15 attending primary and middle public school in Uruguay has access to a personal computer with free Internet connection at school.
Sierra Leone joins Giga toward “Digitization for All”
Sierra Leone joins Giga to expand school connectivity efforts and explore where innovations, such as digital assets, can play a role in empowering entire communities.
Rethinking Partnerships: Accelerating Connectivity for Sustainable Development
In this session of the Road to Addis Series, esteemed panelists explored and reshaped some of the principles and foundations of Partnerships, in order to make them more effective for achieving the SDGs.
Remarks by Doreen Bogdan-Martin, ITU BDT Director, at the International Day of Education – Panel on Promising Innovations to Transform Education
The Third International Day of Education stressed the necessity to protect and mobilize funding for education, give voice to “community heroes” (who acted to leave no learner behind during school closures), and present innovations that pave the way towards more resilient and inclusive education systems.
Using AI to connect every school to the internet
Training a machine learning model to identify schools from satellite imagery of developing countries is a difficult task. UNICEF and Tryolabs partnered to understand how UNICEF’s Machine Learning model was actually performing by employing explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) methods.
UNICEF and Dubai Cares announce partnership through Generation Unlimited to scale Digital Connectivity
Dubai Cares, the UAE-based global philanthropic organization, and UNICEF announced today a global partnership, through UNICEF’s flagship global youth initiative Generation Unlimited, to accelerate efforts to provide access to digital connectivity for every young person.
Working with Giga
Across recent virtual events, digital connectivity has been high on the agenda. Here are some ways we can work together.
Combining private and public funding & establishing partnerships
The project aims to to increase access to regional broadband networks and advance the development of an ICT-enabled services industry in the Caribbean Region.
Piloting technologies to connect rural schools
The project aims to connect Nicaragua’s rural public schools with ICT access to that schools could serve as community ICT centers for rural, marginal and isolated areas.
International agreement between NIC.br and UNICEF contributes to measure the connectivity of schools
SIMET data is shared with Giga, which aims to map and increase the number of connected schools around the world.
Connected Education Internet Measurement System
The project aims to support the universalization of high-speed Internet access and encourage the pedagogical use of digital technologies in basic education policy.