Xu told Tanzania Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda – who is on a nine days visit in China tour – that the National Fibre Optic Cable network termed ‘National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB)’ that was set up by his company, can help uplift the education standards of the country.
According to the President, in the first phase, at least 50 schools from various regions will get e-education through multimedia classrooms and computer labs fitted with projectors and teaching done through online video and other online applications.
Already the firm has selected 100 schools to get aid in regular form of education but in the second phase, these too will be upgraded into online applications.
This is possible thanks to the Huawei’s headquarter and signalling centre in Dakawa, Morogoro Region.
In a related development, Xu has handed over at least USD155,000/- to Kibaoni Primary School where Mizengo Pinda himself attended in Mlele, Katavi district.
The money is for the construction of two classrooms and purchase of computers and related products for the school.
An IT expert from Huawei, Moses Hella said the funds will serve for the construction of a multimedia classroom and a computer lab which will have at least 50 computers, 5 laptops for the teachers, 100 Huawei tablets and an audio system.
For his part, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda applauded the firm for the donation and for accepting to introduce the e-education to the said 50 schools.
“I am very much grateful for the donation. I promised to do something memorable for my school...the donation will transform the school to a modern status…” he said applauding Huawei further for assistance to the Nelson Mandela University of Science and Technology of Arusha.
SOURCE:
THE GUARDIAN
