NEWS
Intelligent classrooms to boost
education in Egypt
G
lobal education technology provider, Promethean, has been
appointed by the Egyptian Ministry of Education to digitally
enhance teaching and learning throughout the country.
It will see the Promethean ActivPanel upgrade 26,000 existing school
classrooms and installed in new ‘Intelligent Classrooms’, which will
be constructed over the next three years to bolster the country’s
education provision.
Presented to HE Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, the
Intelligent Classroom is a pioneering new modular solution that
enables the efficient construction of fully equipped and modern
learning environments.
Developed by Promethean’s parent company, NetDragon Websoft
Holdings, the Intelligent Classroom is a rapidly deployed solution that
helps to reduce classroom density, increases the number of school
buildings and uses technology to enhance the education process.
Following the ‘Education for All 2015 National Review’,
commissioned and supported by UNESCO, the Egyptian Ministry of
Education prioritised the improvement of the quality of education,
leading to the upgrade strategy for its existing education estate and
consultation on how it could address a shortfall in the number of
classrooms needed to meet the needs of the population.
HE Dr Tarek Shawki, Minister of Education and Technical Education,
said: “Our objective is to rapidly and significantly improve the quality
of education provision, which in the modern world demands a highly
digital approach. We are now in a very strong position to achieve our
objectives and deliver world-class education.”
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Infoblox to host cybersecurity roadshow across
Middle East and Africa
I
nfoblox, a leader in Secure Cloud-
Managed Network Services, has
announced that it is hosting a five
city cybersecurity tour throughout
Middle East and Africa (MEA) under
the theme ‘Take Network Security to
the Next Level’.
The roadshow will kick off on
February 24 2020 in Amman, Jordan,
and will conclude in Kuwait City on
March 11.
Ashraf Sheet, Regional Director
MEA at Infoblox, said: “Today’s
enterprise is truly borderless. The
network perimeter is dissolving with
Digital Transformations like SD-WAN,
IoT and hybrid cloud, complicating
traditional security approaches.
Ashraf Sheet,
Regional Director
MEA at Infoblox
www.intelligentcio.com
“Remote branches are directly
connecting to the Internet, losing the
protection of the full security stack
deployed in the data centre.
“Securing these evolving IT
architectures adds to the burden
on short-staffed security teams
who are already dealing with an
overwhelming number of alerts and
rigid siloed security tools. What’s
needed is a foundational approach
that is simple yet pervasive, cost-
effective yet powerful and boosts
the efficiency of security operations
through automation.”
The full schedule of the road show,
with dates and cities for the tour
across Middle East and Africa are as
follows: 24 February, Amman, Jordan;
26 February, Doha, Qatar; 2 March,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 4 March,
Johannesburg, South Africa; 11
March, Kuwait City, Kuwait. n
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