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ICT Backbone Infrastructure Project for Teso, Karamoja Sub-Regions
President Yoweri Museveni has launched Phase Four of the National Information Communication Technology (ICT) Backbone Infrastructure project for Teso and Karamoja Sub-Regions at Ongongoja Secondary School in Katakwi District.
The project that is tailored for educational learning is expected to enable students access electronic textbooks loaded on computer sets. The system goes a long way to eliminate students' expenditure on textbooks. The project is also intended to lower the cost on the Internet bandwidth. The President expressed happiness the project would benefit rural-based schools. According to the Director of e-Government Services, Mr. Peter Kahigi, the launching of phase 4 marked the completion of connecting of government offices, schools, hospitals and districts' headquarters. of the project that has now seen government offices, schools, hospitals and district headquarters connected.
President Museveni, who later addressed a rally at Obulengorok Primary School, sensitized wananchi in Katakwi District in particular and Teso Sub-Region as a whole, on the available approaches to create household wealth and jobs. He called for innovation to help people shift from subsistence to commercial methods of farming in order to eradicate household poverty and be economically empowered. "Now I want you to join a movement of forms of creating wealth and jobs that I want to witness on ground when I come here for the next visit. To achieve this
status, we need to listen carefully to acquire the necessary knowledge through hard work," he said.
Introduction to ICT August 2022
Based on the case study below, attempt the following questions
1. Explain the major objective of launching the ICT Backbone infrastructure project.
2. With example , explain the categories of e-government services.
3. Why do governments establish e-services and how do citizens benefit from them?
4. "The project is also intended to lower the cost on the Internet bandwidth" What could be the relevancy of internet connection in the area?
5. How can Karamoja residents use ICT to create household wealth and jobs?
6. The president called for innovation to help people shift from subsistence to commercial methods of farming. How can ICT be applied to achieve this goal?