HEEP

Higher Education Enhancement Project (HEEP)

HEEP Projects


	Information and Communications Technology Project

The Project’s Vision

The ICTP aims at improving and upgrading university infrastructure and converting university management systems in the Egyptian higher education institutions to computer-based management in order to benefit of the technological revolution, to have quick and easy access for knowledge, to link the Egyptian universities with both the Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) and the National Network of Scientific Research (NNSR). The ICTP also aims at preparing the academic community to deal with the technological revolution.

The Objectives of the Project

Increasing the efficiency of the infrastructure for the Egyptian information network and the Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) in the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU).
Providing the applications of the electronic government in higher education and scientific research institutions through by supporting the design and use of the modern Management Information System (MIS) in the Egyptian universities and the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU).
Introducing new teaching methods like e-learning in order to cop with the scientific development and to satisfy the increasing demand on higher education.
Providing the electronic sources of information and international libraries to students and faculty members in the Egyptian universities such as: books, local and international researches, as well as international journals and databases through the information networks and digital libraries.
Upgrading the skills and capabilities of the academic and administrative staff in Egyptian universities and scientific research institutions to be able to use the latest advancements in information and communication technology and multi media.

The Requirements for Achieving the Project Objectives

In order to achieve the project objectives, the project activities are divided into five main tracks:

Infrastructure of information Networks
Management Information System (MIS)
e-learning
Digital Libraries
ICT training

The implementation of those five main tracks is carried out in two levels. First the centralized level in the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) to execute the projects which all the Egyptian universities benefit from it. Second the universities level in order pave the way for more creativity and development in the scientific, practical and research fields.

The Achievements of the Project

1. Infrastructure for Information Networks

Financing the development of the Egyptian information network and the Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) in the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU). It is expected to finish the work in these projects by the end of 2007.

Connecting the Egyptian universities with the Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) through a fiber cables with 34 Mbps bandwidth operating speed which give the opportunity for many value added applications

2. Management Information System (MIS)

Financing the establishment of the centers of Management Information Systems. Also financing the establishment of the center of Management Information Systems and Decision Support System in the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU).

Preparing an international bid and signing a contract to provide the Egyptian universities and the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) with the Management Information Systems.

Applying the MIS in two selected faculties from each university will be done by the end of August 2007. Applying the MIS in the remaining faculties will be done by the end of 2008. All faculties will be linked with the MIS in the Supreme Council for Universities (SCU

3. e-Learning

Establishing the first National e-Learning Center for (NeLC) under the supervision of the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) which prepared and published some courses in electronic format on the web site www.nelc.edu.eg

In March 2007, ICTP financed the establishment of a center for designing electronic courses in each university. These centers are expected to produce up to 80 electronic courses in different specializations in order to spread the use of e-courses in teaching.

4. Digital Libraries

Establishing the Digital Library in the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU).
Connecting the Digital Libraries in the Egyptian universities and contracting to provide up to 50,000 abstract, full text and international journal and provide them through the Digital Library in the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU).

Started financing the digital libraries using the future system developed by the center of technical information, Mansoura University. It is expected to automate five faculties in each university during 2007 and automate the remaining faculties during 2008.

Started financing the establishment of the data base for the researches found in the National Library for Dissertations in Ain Shams University.

5. ICT Training

Establishing the central ICT unit for training and examination in the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) aiming at establishing and managing the ICT training centers in the Egyptian universities and preparing training courses and training material.

Establishing ICT training centers in the Egyptian universities.

The Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) agreed on counting the ICT training courses as a prerequisite for promotion to the higher degrees.

Training more than 6,000 trainee/program through conducting 40,000 trainee/course since March 2006.

Report

NO	report name	date of report	download	Type	Size	Type	Size
1	First ITCP Report				164 k		126 k
2	ICTP Report to SCU				3.25 K		493 k
3	ICTP progress report Q4	December 2006			1.05 M		411 k
4	ICTP progress report Q1	March 2007			1.01 M		402 k

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