1. 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)
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2. OUR CURRENT LOCATION
Bunda
LEGEND
Living Lab Location

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. What we harvest after the graduation?
GRADUATION MARCH 2016

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

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

11. Up Coming Start ups
Eks Fashions – Skills development

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

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. Thank you
Thank you