Transforming Education, Empowering Communities, Promoting Development
GeSCI provides strategic advice to Ministries of Education in developing countries on the effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for education and communities of learning. Adopting a demand driven, collaborative and comprehensive approach, we aim to improve the quality of teaching and learning through the strategic and effective use of ICTs, thereby transforming education, empowering communities and promoting development.
The Founding of GeSCI
The Global eSchools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) was established in 2004, borne out of the work of the
United Nations ICT Task Force which identified education as an area in critical need of development, and one where ICTs have the potential to make positive impacts.The UN ICT Task Force approved a proposal for a UN-affiliated organisation to provide demand-driven assistance to developing countries seeking to harness the potential of ICTs to improve the quality of teaching and learning in primary and secondary education. GeSCI is
governed from Dublin, with the support of the governments of Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland and Finland. Canada was one of the founding partners.
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What We Do
It is our belief at GeSCI that the over-arching goal in investing in, and deploying, ICTs in education is to improve teaching and learning. As a result, GeSCI has developed five thematic areas or work streams to respond to the needs of the developing countries:
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