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MSUNDUZIBUILDING A LEARNING CITY
Ahmed C BawaMsunduzi Investment Conference 2015Pietermaritzburg 5 May 2015
Purposes of a LEARNING CITY
1. Producing the human resource and knowledge needs of a developmental SA and its complex economy;
2. Improving the employability of all citizens; 3. Building citizens for a multilayered, complex democracy;4. Contributing to imagining and shaping a new nation;5. Broadening and deepening the intellectual culture of our
society;6. Improving the investment potential of the city; and7. Globalising the city.
Three agendas
FOR THE 3RD DECADE OF OUR DEMOCRACY
1. A Human Rights Agenda
2. A Social Justice Agenda
3. A Developmental State Agenda
Where Do We Start MSUNDUZI
HAS Schools; Private and Public Community Colleges;TVET College; Nursing Colleges; Agriculture
College Two university campuses;Health services training platform;Industry-based training
PLUS Post-school Education and TrainingSystem
Where Do We Start
MSUNDUZI NEEDS IMAGINATION TO BECOME A
LEARNING CITY1. Create an educational ecosystem;2. Technology infrastructure to massify education;3. Create a mutually beneficial partnership
between business, education and council;4. Become an international centre for higher
learning;5. Become South Africa’s leading
innovation centre;6. A playing city
Where Do We Start DESIGN A LEARNING CITY –
DESIGN A LEARNING ECOSYSTEM
A pervasive culture of lifelong learning
Science and technology everywhere
Physical designA city project
The second curriculum A safe city
Knowledge at the centreResidences as learning spaces
EntrepreneurshipInternationalisation
A Small Scale
Prototype
THE IMBALI EDUCATIONPRECINCT
Creating a local education ecosystemEducation – Community – Industry continuum
Early Childhood Development FacilitiesPrimary Schools + Special Needs School
High SchoolsCommunity Colleges
TVET CollegeUniversity Campus
A Small Scale
Prototype THE IMBALI EDUCATIONPRECINCT
PLUSIT Infrastructure
High performance sports facilities
Access to libraries and information
Student Village
A Small Scale
Prototype THE IMBALI EDUCATIONPRECINCT
PLUSHealth services training platform
Industry-based training
Dynamic interfaces for engagement
A Small Scale
Prototype THE IMBALI EDUCATIONPRECINCT
PLUSIEP and urban planning/urban renewal
- push - pull
A Small Scale
Prototype THE IMBALI EDUCATIONPRECINCT
This is a model that has captured national and international interest.
Do we have the political will to make it work?
