1. NARROWING THE DIGITAL GAP
A preliminary proposal
to the Government of Japan
January 31, 2001
Directorate General of Higher Education
Ministry of National Education
JICA - January 31, 2001

2. ICT PROFILE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Institution:
Public: 53 universities, 26 polytechnics
Private: 1300 institutions
Enrollment:
Public: 950,000 and Private: 1,700,000
Participation rate: 12%
Telephone density: 30 / 1,000 population
Internet providers: 1 / 10,000 population
Number of PC: 10 / 1,000 population
2 / 1,000 students
JICA - January 31, 2001

3. PROPOSED PROJECTS 1. DISTANCE EDUCATION: Promoting ICT utilization
Objective: Developing capacity and infrastructure in public
universities to improve quality, expand access to
education, and improve efficiency as well as
access to the global information
Estimated project cost: $ 40 million
2. HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN ICT
Objective:Strengthen and establish programs in Information
Technology, Computer Sciences, and Electrical
Engineering in public and private universities
Estimated project cost: $ 200 million
JICA - January 31, 2001

4. BENEFICIARIES 1. DISTANCE EDUCATION:
All students and staff in public universities
(53 institutions,50,000 staff,
and 950,000 students)
2. HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN ICT
All IT, CS, and EE programs in public and private
universities (programs, staff, and students)
JICA - January 31, 2001

5. FUNDING MECHANISM Proposal based / competitive scheme
Evaluation by the Board of Higher Education
Sustainability is the primary criteria
Procurement mechanism:
Central Project Implementation Unit:
60-70% (non proprietary goods and services)
Grantees :
30-40% (proprietary goods and services)
JICA - January 31, 2001

6. PROJECT COMPONENTS ($ M)
Distance Educ. Human resource
ICT equipment
Civil works
Technical assistance
Degree training
Non degree training
Course development grants
Connectivity
Research grant
Project management
Total
JICA - January 31, 2001

7. ACCESS AND DISSEMINATION
GDLN
Network
AI-3
RESOURCE
UNIVERSITIES
RECIPIENT
INTERNET-based &
VIDEO CONFERENCE
TELKOM-1
TELKOM
TERESTRIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
JICA - January 31, 2001

8. LEARNING METHOD (dual-mode)
RESOURCE UNIVERSITY
Teacher
Face to face
Distance
RECIPIENT
UNIVERSITY
Tutor
Student
Trainee
JICA - January 31, 2001

9. CONTENT DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL CONTENT DEVELOPMENT TEAMl COURSE MATERIALS
SUBJECT MATTER
SPECIALISTS
JICA - January 31, 2001

10. Thank you
JICA - January 31, 2001