PanAfrican eNetwork Project & TeleEducation Architecture

African countries which are under the

network
Hub station Senegal

1 By Mr Irne Ndayambaje, (BEd,PGC ODE, PGC-LT-HE, MEd) Assistant Lecturer & Coordinator of Tele-Education
Tel: 07 88 60 98 10, E-mail: irenee.ndayambaje@kie.ac.rw

I.

A brief background of Tele-Education

1.1 The meaning

Education

and

benefits

of

Tele-

Tele-education implies the use of electronic

Information Communication Technologies to
provide educational facilities to the students at
remote locations. The key Benefits of TeleEducation are the followings:
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Electronic Virtual classroom

Planned learning

Just in time learning

Anytime/Anywhere learning

More individualized learning

Creative and reflective thinking

Authenticated assessments

Distance education operation

Competitive learning

Development learning

Problem-solving learning

Efficient use of knowledge base

More details about the used Tele-Education

learning portal can be directly accessed through
this URL: http://125.16.61.40/V-Learn/index.jsp
1.2 What is PanAfrican eNetwork Project?
PanAfrican eNetwork Project is a joint Initiative of
the African Union and the Government of India.
The network will provide e-Services with priority
on tele-education and tele-medicine services, and
VVIP connectivity (for Video-conferencing and VoIP
services) among the Heads of States.
The Pan-African e-Network project is being funded
by the Government of India with an approved
budgeted cost of INR 5.429 Billion i.e. about US$
117 Million. The Ministry of External Affairs, Govt.
of India has been designated as the Nodal
Ministry. TCIL has been designated as the turnkey
Implementing Agency. In this capacity, TCILs role
is to design the network, procure & install the
equipment, provide O&M support for 5 years after
commissioning
the
network
in
respective
countries and provide consultancy to the Ministry
of External Affairs, Government of India on all
matters related to the project. The project is to be
implemented in a phased manner progressively
over a period of 18 months from the date of
signing of agreement between TCIL and the
Ministry of External Affairs, It is tentatively
planned to commission the network in 15
countries in the first 11 months, 20 countries in

2 By Mr Irne Ndayambaje, (BEd,PGC ODE, PGC-LT-HE, MEd) Assistant Lecturer & Coordinator of Tele-Education
Tel: 07 88 60 98 10, E-mail: irenee.ndayambaje@kie.ac.rw

the next 4 months and the balance countries in

the last 3 months.
The network connects the following
elements:
India
1. A Data Centre at TCIL Bhawan, New Delhi (It
acts as a Hub for all the Indian sites & Super
Specialty Hospitals)
2. Tele-education set-up in 7
Universities/Educational Institutions
3. Tele-Medicine set-up in 12 Super Specialty
Hospitals
Africa
1. Satellite Hub earth Station at Dakar,
Senegal
2. Five Regional Leading Universities
3. Five Regional Super Specialty Hospitals
4. Fifty three Learning Centers (LC) for teleeducation, one in each country
5. Fifty three Patient-End Hospitals (PEH) for
tele-medicine, one in each country

1.3. Tele-Education learning centre at KIE

On 23 March 2007, a country agreement between
Rwanda represented by the Ambassador of the
Republic of Rwanda in India and the Chairman and
Managing Director of TCIL was signed. Thereafter,
the Ministry of Education has handed to KIE the
responsibilities of hosting the learning centre
which was officially inaugurated on 26th February
2009.
The first intake of students started in September
2009 and up to now, 157 Rwandese have
graduated from various programmes on offer by
Amity University,
under PanAfrican eNetwork
Project.
It is also important to highlight that apart from
Amity University four more Indian universities are
running their courses under Rwanda learning
centre hosted by KIE. These are Indira Gandhi
National Open University (IGNOU), University of
Madras (UNOM), Birla Institute of Science and
Technology (BITS) and Delhi University (DU).
Attached, please find the detailed records of the
students for the ongoing programme.

6. Fifty three VVIP Communication Nodes, one

in each country
3 By Mr Irne Ndayambaje, (BEd,PGC ODE, PGC-LT-HE, MEd) Assistant Lecturer & Coordinator of Tele-Education
Tel: 07 88 60 98 10, E-mail: irenee.ndayambaje@kie.ac.rw

1.4 About Amity University

Amity is a leading global education group from
India, offering globally benchmarked education
right from pre-schools to Ph.D. level. A snap-shot
of Amity encompasses diverse institutions of
Higher Learning, Foundations, Forums, Academies
and Think Tanks.
Starting with campuses in India, Amity today has
campuses around the world totaling over 1000
acres. Amity's focus on path-breaking innovations
in science & technology, globally benchmarked
infrastructure and unprecedented International
Linkages with Institutions & Organizations have
directly resulted in Amity institutes emerging
among the most sought after education
destinations.
Indias No.1 ranked private university
85,000 students
4,500 faculty & scientists
4 Universities established by Govt.
legislature
150+ Institutions in almost every facet of
education
Global Campuses in London, Singapore and
Mauritius

150 Patents filed by faculty in the last two

years
75 Technology ventures incubated
20 Technologies spun out & commercialized
80 Collaborations with universities globally
1000 Acres of campuses
5 Million Sq. Ft. of buildings constructed
240 Programmes covering 35 disciplines
300 Case Studies developed by Faculty in
the last one year
240 Research Projects funded by Govt.
Agencies & Industry
30,000 On-campus Placements in the last
years
Amity Africa Initiative
Amity Education Group is one of the leading
private education groups in India with more than
85,000 students studying in its 240 programs
across 4 universities and 150 top ranked
institutes.

4 By Mr Irne Ndayambaje, (BEd,PGC ODE, PGC-LT-HE, MEd) Assistant Lecturer & Coordinator of Tele-Education
Tel: 07 88 60 98 10, E-mail: irenee.ndayambaje@kie.ac.rw

Having succeeded as a quality education provider

in India, Amity has now extended its presence
internationally by establishing its Campuses in
London, Singapore, Mauritius and Dubai. In
Mauritius, Amity is the first institution to have
been granted the degree offering powers at the
commencement of operations. In Africa, Amity is
the only Private University to have the distinction
of being a part of the prestigious Pan Africa ELearning project of Government of India. As part
of this project Amity has enrolled over 3000
students across 21 African countries and having
MOUs with
32 different African nations.
Amity now wishes to reach out to meritorious and
deserving students in African continent through
the Distance Learning/ E-Learning mode in the
areas of Management and other disciplines.
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For more information please visit the link:
www.amity.edu

5 By Mr Irne Ndayambaje, (BEd,PGC ODE, PGC-LT-HE, MEd) Assistant Lecturer & Coordinator of Tele-Education
Tel: 07 88 60 98 10, E-mail: irenee.ndayambaje@kie.ac.rw