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The Malta Independent | Thursday 28 January 2016
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The Malta Independent | Thursday 28 January 2016
The Malta Independent ICT Feature
MITA Open Day 2016
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s part of the Public Service Week 2016, MITA will be holding another Open Day at the MITA Data Centre on Sunday, 31st January between 09:00hrs and 17:00hrs. During the day, the Agency will open its doors to all those who are interested to learn about MITA and its work within Government and the community. Following last year’s success, we will be improving on the experience by introducing new pitstops and information sessions. Visitors will have a unique opportunity to follow a guided tour around the MITA Data Centre facilities were the public will be given an overview of the Government ICT infrastructure and the different specialised operations departments including visiting the state of the art, Tier III certified Data Centre. For the first time the public will be able to understand better MITA’s role in relation to the numerous solutions that are offered
to Government. Our employees will provide detailed information on various solutions including those delivered in the Health and Education sectors. It is also an opportunity for current or potential students to meet ICT professionals in order to get career guidance in Networking,
Development, System Administration, Operations and more. Our HR team and various ICT professionals from different sections within MITA will be available to discuss with students. The Foyer Area will be turned into an exhibition area with various information stands and
gadgets to try. MITA’s Digital Outreach team and Innovation Hub will be demonstrating a number of games and mobile
applications that were developed by students as part of various initiatives held during the year. We are inviting the general public to attend information sessions being organised on various topics including Privacy, Hacking and how to avoid it, the National Security Strategy and a live demonstration on 3D printing. Visit www.mita.gov.mt/openday for more information
MITA Communications and PR Team
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s part of the Public Service Week 2016, MITA will be holding another Open Day at the MITA Data Centre on Sunday, 31st January between 09:00hrs and 17:00hrs. The Government unveiled its largest direct investment in education with a total amount of €15
million purchase of equipment for teachers and classrooms. All ICT Features are available on www.mita.gov.mt/ictfeature
€15m investment in Educational Technology €15 million investment to upgrade classes for the technology era Over 7,000 new laptops purchased for teachers, LSAs and Kindergarten Assistants
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he Government unveiled its largest direct investment in education with a total amount of €15 million purchase of equipment for teachers and classrooms. The sum of €7 million was invested in 7,074 top-of-the-range lightweight laptops for teachers, LSAs and Kindergarten Assistants. The changeover, which was started a few weeks ago, is ongoing and will shortly be finalized. The aim of the laptops is to help educators improve the
quality of education being delivered on a daily basis. All laptops also include a servicing agreement. A total of 3,200 all-in-one touchscreen computer will also be installed in all classrooms in primary and secondary schools. The delivery of this equipment, which is in its initial stages, will mean that educators can utilize this equipment instead of their own laptop to deliver content in class. Both the laptop and the allin-one touchscreen will have the latest software installed.
The investment also includes a €4 million upgrading of network systems across schools in order to boost the data capabilities, especially in preparation of the one-tablet-per-child rollout in September. Other equipment purchased as part of this investment include 3D printers and scanners, 100 new upgraded interactive whiteboards, flat panels to replace current interactive whiteboards.
The total value of this investment is over €15 million. EU funds contributed a total of €12 million to this investment. This is the largest direct investment in teaching and the classroom since 2011, when €11 million were invested in interactive whiteboards. This €15 million investment is the next step to modernize the classroom and engage students in a fun and interactive way.
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This is the largest direct investment in teaching and the classroom since 2011
MITA was heavily involved in this large-scale project. The strong relationship between MITA and Microsoft all 10,000 devices will be running on the latest Windows 10 platform. Microsoft immediately considered this project as a showcase and for this reason Microsoft assigned an engineer on-site to participate in the design of the imaging and rollout process.