Challenge Driven Education and Living Labs in Tanzania “Learning influenced by real life problems ” A CASE STUDY ELIMU OPEN SCHOOL By: Karol Novat, Pamoja Labs (Tanzania Living Lab Network) Mobile:+255767915121, E-mail: knovat@gmail.com Website: www.elabs.or.tz

OUR CURRENT LOCATION Bunda LEGEND Living Lab Location

End user driven open innovation What is in? End user driven open innovation Enterprise Development Non religious Social Innovation Business Incubation Living Labs Social revolution Apolitical Skills development Mutual inclusive Co-creation

Open & Distance Learning, Secondary and local College Students WHO WE SAVE Open & Distance Learning, Secondary and local College Students School drop outs

WHY? Challenge driven education DISADVANTAGED YOUTH “Belief” They have much to offer to each other STUDENTS INDUSTRY Students:- Become social innovators Societal problem solvers Develop and own enterprises Accelerate industrialization

How? We focus on Community problems to drive learning, and that’s where we define Challenge driven Education context Bring community And students together Living Labs Identify societal challenges Develop Skills Design practical solution

Incubation Start ups Project driven Learning Team development and STUDENTS Team development and Team Training

What we harvest after the graduation? GRADUATION MARCH 2016

Brothers sign writers-Start up SUCCESFUL PROJECTS Brothers sign writers-Start up

SUCCESFUL PROJECTS Elsie Technologies start up Antifungal Jelly: Solution for skin water born diseases

Up Coming Start ups Eks Fashions – Skills development

Hof designers skills development Up Coming Start ups Hof designers skills development

CHALLENGE DRIVEN EDUCATION Roles of a Living Lab in CHALLENGE DRIVEN EDUCATION Hubs Brings community together Research and Innovation Skills development Design and test prototype Enterprise development Community of practices Students projects (University and colleges) Researchers Policy makers

ICT technical support Online tools for collaboration Hosting of the tools (Portals and forums, etc) Financial support Skills development Incubator operational costs Prototype development for students projects. Establishment of innovation spaces in Living labs Cost of Certification of products e.g TBS, TFDA etc

PARTNERS, CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION THROUGH INTEGRATED POST PRIMARY EDUCATION (IPPE) PROGRAM DAR ES SALAAM INITUE OF TECHNOLOGY OUR TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE

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