Higher Education in Sudan

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Higher Education in Sudan


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Number of Universities 86 Universities 27 Public
Educational Institutions (gov.) 45 Private
institutions 14 technical colleges
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• Introduction

• Particular challenges include
• The improvement of ICT infrastructure and
  connectivity,
• the enhancement of access to learning and
  research materials,
• and the automation of academic and managerial
  procedure

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Current Situation
SUIN
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Sudanese Universities Information Network
The Sudanese Universities Information
Network/ The Sudanese Universities Virtual Library
S U I N
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Main Goals

• The main goals of this project is to provide
  connectivity among the Sudanese educational
  institutions, increase sharing of knowledge, help
  universities build their information
  infrastructure, and extend the value of digital
  libraries.

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Objectives

• Connecting all the Sudanese Universities and
  higher educational institutions in a Wide Area
  Network.
• Building a virtual library for the shared
  contents of the universities.
• Providing advanced IT services such as video
  conferencing, E-mail, etc.,
• Establishing digital libraries for each
  university. ( if not existing)

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Project Phases

• The project will be implemented in five phases
  in five years. As follows
• Phase I (Dec 2004 Nov 2005)
• Phase II (Dec 2005 Nov 2006)
• Phase III (Dec 2006 Nov 2007)
• Phase IV (Dec 2007 Nov 2008)
• Phase V (Dec 2008 Nov 2009)

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The first two phases have two frames

• 1. The Sudanese Universities Information Network
  (SUIN)
• 2. The Sudanese Universities Virtual Library
  (SUVL)

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Phase IThe Sudanese Universities Information
Network

• SUIN

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Phase I (ended in Nov 2005)

• 31 Universities are connected to SUIN.
• Frame relay is used as the main transport media
  for the entire network.
• Cisco routers and fast Ethernet are the
  technologies used.

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SUIN Network Topology
University of Khartoum
Router 3662
Internet
Data cloud Frame Relay
4Mbps
128kbps
128kbps
128kbps
128kbps
Governmental Universities (128 kbps)
Univ 31
Univ 1
Univ 2
Univ 30
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Geographical Distribution of Universities
14 Universities
Khartoum State
17 Universities
Other States
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SUIN Geographical Distribution
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Khartoum State
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Phase IIThe Sudanese Universities Virtual
Library

• SUVL

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SUVL Implementation

• Information gathering and analysis
• Creation of local content
• Transfer from ISIS to free and open source
  software (PHP and MySQL) for Library catalogue
• Implementation of the union catalogue
• Virtual library system design and implementation

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Traffic Increased
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Local contents
DBs
ETD
Staff
Institutes
Lib catalog
Reports and stats
Digital Libs
E-clases
News
SUVL
Int Clases
Int Libraries
Int sites
Lib Societies
Int. DBs
International Contents
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Phase III (started in Jan 2007)

• Upgrade of SUIN (Optical Fibre)
• Establishing Digital Libraries
• Subscription in International publication
• Establishing a Portal
• Providing E- services

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1. SUIN Upgrade

• The upgrade started in 2007 based on the optical
  fibre leased from Sudatel
• 13 Universities are connected
• The project is funded by a governmental body.

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E-University
Geant
SUIN
UbuntuNet
Sinar Univ
Kh Univ
Ahfad Univ
SUST
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2. Establishing Digital libraries

• Integrated Digital library systems that
  includes full automation of the system and all
  the management process.

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4. Providing E- services

• Video conferencing
• Web based application for learning
• Email and communication services
• VOIP system for the Ministry of Higher Education
• Management Systems

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Applications
E-learning
Training
Exam Results
Accounting
SUIN
Undergraduate Admission
Others
Student Registration
Digital Library
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Master Plan
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Fig (1) Master Plan Diagram
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Thanks
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