TANZANIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK (TERNET) Office of the Executive Secretary

Contacts: Mobile: 0754-766762 E-mail: info@ternet.or.tz Website : www.ternet.or.tz P.O. Box 95062, Kawawa Road, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Ref. No. TERnet/TSWC/Vol.1/09 Vice Chancellors and Principals, Higher Education and Research Institutions Tanzania.

27th January, 2012

RE: TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAMPUS NETWORK ENGINEERS AND SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS: 16TH 20TH APRIL 2012. During the study carried out by Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET) to 43 higher learning and research institutions, it was observed that most of them require assistance in designing and maintaining campus networks. Based on this reality, TERNET engineers have been assisting member institutions in Dar to setup their networks and connect them to the network operations center (NOC) at COSTECH. At the moment, 8 institutions: College of Business Education, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, Open University of Tanzania, Ardhi University, Dar es salaam Institute of Technology, Institute of Social Work and National Accreditation for Technical Education (NACTE) have been connected to the NOC. TERNET has been assisting member institutions in building internal IT capacity by arranging hands on practical trainings. In cooperation with the largest manufacturer of networking equipments (CISCO), the first such training took place in Tanzania, June last year, in parallel with the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) activities. Recently, an MoU (with training component) has been signed between TERNET and the Internet2 (www.internet2.edu/) of USA. Through that MoU, TERNET is now organizing a second training in collaboration with Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) (http://www.nsrc.org/) of University of Oregon. The training will take place from 16th to 20th April 2012, at Dar Es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT), ASA hall. This is a hands on training, delivered by experienced trainers who have conducted similar trainings elsewhere in the world as indicated in the following link (https://nsrc.org/workshops/). The training will cover 2 tracks running in parallel, with a maximum of 30 participants in each track: Campus Network Design for Network Engineers and Architects, and Linux/Unix System Administration for System Administrators. Draft course contents are available at https://nsrc.org/workshops/2012/ternetnsrc/ where the minimum requirement is basic knowledge of TCP/IP protocols. A laptop is a must for each participant. You may contact us at info@ternet.or.tz OR Dr. Amos Nungu at 0787-716778 if further clarification about the training is required.

TANZANIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK (TERNET) Office of the Executive Secretary
Contacts: Mobile: 0754-766762 E-mail: info@ternet.or.tz Website : www.ternet.or.tz P.O. Box 95062, Kawawa Road, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

While this course is free to TERNET members, there will be a little contribution to cover costs related to 2 teas/coffee and lunch to be provided as well as other logistics. Further, non-active members will be required to contribute for the course material, which are provided free to active members. The proposed contribution is therefore as follows: 1. TERNET active members = Tshs 150,000/= per participant. 2. TERNET non-active members = Tshs 400,000/= per participant. This is a very competitive training, interested institutions can send a maximum of 2 participants, one for each track, space reserved on a first come first saved basis. In case there is space left, TERNET will make them available again to needy institutions by 15th March. To reserve a seat, please download and fill the form at www.ternet.or.tz/form; pay the cost as indicated in the form, email the completed form to ternet.staff@ternet.or.tz for confirmation. Payments should be done via TERNET bank account, scanned payment slip should be sent to the same email for confirmation. You are advised to call TERNET before making the actual payment to be sure of available space. Sincerely,

Dr. Jabiri .K. Bakari EXECUTIVE SECRETARY C.C. PS MoEVT PS MCST DG - COSTECH DG - TCRA