Registration is now open for the #2020mEdSymposia to be held on 14th – 16th September. Focusing on the Play and Technology for Lifelong Learning theme, the event, Play Every Day, brings together an amazing line-up of 70+ presenters from around the world highlighting a range of tech and non-tech…
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GESCI's vision
To be a global leader and expert organization in supporting the utilization of new technologies to transform learning and empower individuals and communities with competencies and skills for inclusive and sustainable development.
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2nd African Ministerial Forum stresses urgency to accelerate ICT integration in education
Read MoreGESCI and FAWE sign MoU
Joint actions will seek to leverage the untapped capacity of women for Africa’s development. Leadership program will foster women’s capacity to influence policies and increase the participation of girls in STEM.Read MoreThe Leadership Network on Sustainable Development is launched.
LN4SD seeks to support African countries in achieving the SDG. Join the network at www.leadership4sd.org LN4SD is also seeking partners to support it and participate in its activities.Read MoreCelebrating the African Youth at Banjul+10
GESCI participated in the commemoration event that celebrated the 10th anniversary of the African Youth Charter in Banjul, the Gambia, May 21-25, 2016.
The event, Banjul +10, on the theme ‘10 Years Implementation of the African Youth Charter: Accelerating Youth Development in Africa’ was organized by the African Union Commission (AUC). GESCI organized a side event to present its AKE – Creative Media Venture program. It also made recommendations to the development of the new Youth Charter.Read MoreMemorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education of Côte d’Ivoire.
GESCI signed on June 8 a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education of Côte d’Ivoire. The agreement includes support to the development of digital schools of excellence through GESCI’s African Digital Schools Initiative (ADSI), which will reach out to 20 secondary schools in Côte d’Ivoire starting 2017.Read MorePaper on ALICT, leadership and the SDGs
Read how GESCI’s ALICT program is contributing to Africa’s sustainable development and the SDGs. ALICT is building a critical mass of African leaders equipped with the skills, knowledge and vision to and to tackle global and continental challenges and create an ‘Inclusive Knowledge Society for All’.Diverse approaches to building ICT competency frameworks
UNESCO has just published a study on diverse approaches to developing ICT Competency Frameworks for Teachers (ICT-CFT) in national education systems. The study includes a case study on GESCI’s partnership approach in enhancing competencies to teach STEM in Kenya and Tanzania.
Read MoreGESCI and the United Republic of Tanzania sign formal Agreement to accelerate ICT integration in Secondary Schools in Tanzania
GESCI -Global E Schools and Communities Initiative, The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) and The President’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG) of the United Republic of Tanzania signed MoU on 7th February, 2017. The MoU was signed in Dar- Es Salam Tanzania by Mr. Jerome Morrissey, CEO of GESCI and the Dy. Permanent Secretaries of MoEST and PORALG.Read MoreGESCI trains 800 Teachers on ICT in Kenya
The Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation has trained 800 teachers from four selected counties in Kenya.
Read MoreGESCI Hands over digital equipment to secondary schools in Kenya
As part of the process to integrate ICTs in teaching and learning, GESCI and The MasterCard Foundation have distributed laptops, modems and digital projectors to schools in four selected counties in Kenya.Read MoreGESCI Honors African Knowledge Exchange (AKE)-Creative Media Venture Participants
On 6th December, 2016 The Global E- Schools and Communities Initiative (GESCI) marked the end of the first phase of the Digital Creative Media programme.This one year initiative , with the 21 participants, having completed their training in Animation, Games and Apps design and development and Music and Sound Design, were awarded certificates in AKE –Digital Creative Media and progressed to the final phase of the programme – the formal launch for seven start up companiesRead MoreGESCI Strategy 2017- 2020
This strategy was developed against the backdrop of a rapidly changing environment, with special attention given to the 17 new sustainable development goals (SDGs) the global community has set
itself to achieve by 2030.Designing the strategy also involved reflecting on what GESCI has achieved since its creation in 2004.Read MoreGESCI's Annual Report 2019
A look into what we were able to implement and achieve in 2019.Read MoreICT and STEM education
Implementable and scalable initiatives for ICT integration in education to address the gaps and inadequacies in schools’ science, technology, English and mathematics teaching provision, critical for social, economic and knowledge society development
TVSD and digital skills and youth entrepreneurship
Empowerment of youth through ICT- Infused Technical and Vocational Skills Development (TVSD) and entrepreneurship development for employment and self-employment
Leadership for Sustainable Development
Leadership capacity building to design and implement knowledge-based social and economic policies, strategies and programmes which will contribute to the realization of key identified SDG goals
Teacher professional development
Rigorous and scalable models for the integration of ICT in teacher professional development to improve quality and relevance of education provision and learning outcomes
Community-based learning
Relevant learning opportunities provided to marginalized groups and communities in informal environments
Education in crisis environments
Technology-driven education opportunities for children living in refugee camps
Expert services
Expertise in the areas of monitoring, evaluation and impact research, policy and strategy advice and models of ICT integration in education and training systems
WHAT WE DO
GESCI's mission is to work with governments and partners in providing strategic support to develop and implement models of good ICT-based practice for high-quality education and training. We also build effective leadership capacities in ICT and Knowledge Society development at all levels in countries across the developing world..
Leaders and managers in Africa intent on pushing the SDGs agenda forward are invited to join the Leadership Network for Sustainable development (LN4SD).
More information on LN4SD and on how to join at www.leadership4sd.org
Latest News
Secondary School Teachers Feted after 1 year ICT training in Cote d'Ivoire
The Ministry of National Education and TVET, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, in partnership with GESCI (Global eSchools and Communities’ Initiative) marked…
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Kenyan Schools Achieve Digital Schools of Distinction Status
All the schools worked on a whole-school ICT integration aspect using the GESCI ICT Integration Roadmap and Guidelines. Going through a phased…
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Implementation of the African Digital Schools Initiative as at October 2020
In 2016, GESCI through its African Digital Schools Initiative (ADSI) Programme started off on a journey to transform 80 secondary schools in Kenya…
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Events
02, September 2020 Created by GESCI Events (attending)Mobiles for Education Alliance
08, October 2019 Created by GESCI Events (attending)The 2019 mEducation Alliance Symposium seeks to address how enhancing digital literacy acquisition, instruction, and extension leads to improved national and community development outcomes.
Digital Schools of Distinction Workshop and Graduation
27, August 2019 Created by GESCI GESCI Events80 secondary school principals will be trained on implementation of the e-Mature phase of the Digital Schools of Distinction (DSD)Development Pathway as their schools graduate for successfully achieving all requirements of the e-Confident phase.
GESCI at the Innovating Education in Africa Expo
20, August 2019 Created by GESCI GESCI EventsGESCI has collaborated with the African Union Commission and other partners to organize the 2019 Innovating Education in Africa taking place in Gaborone Botswana from 20-22 August, 2019. The Expo's theme is "Harnessing the capacity of ICT to ensure Inclusion, Quality and Impact in Education and…
Innovating Education in Africa Expo
07, June 2019 Created by GESCI Events (attending)Call for participation
The African Digital Schools Initiative (ADSI) e-Enabled Graduation
25, April 2018 Created by GESCI GESCI EventsThe Ministry of Education of Kenya and the Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GESCI) will award school heads and schools at large for successfully integrating ICTs and achieving the e-Enabled status through the Digital Schools Of Distinction development pathway.
The African Forum for Youth Skills and Enterprise in the Digital Age
11, January 2018 Created by GESCI Events (attending)This Forum will take place on 18-19 April 2018 in Tunis, Tunisia
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