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• Taiwan is strongly committed to education & skills sector development. In order to strengthen its international competitiveness needed by key emerging industries, talent cultivation is one of the key objectives of the Taiwanese authorities with the seven-year plan of Intelligent Taiwan.
• Under the Intelligent Taiwan Plan, a total budget of £16.5 billion will be allocated by 2016 covering ICT infrastructure for the development of smart cities, cultural & creative industries and also 13 major individual projects for manpower cultivation including English language learning, Information Technology (IT) education, digital learning, Continual Personal Development (CPD), vocational training and teaching quality improvement in higher education.
• Ministry of Education in Taiwan launched a four-year plan (2014-2017) with estimated total budgets of £157 million for the promotion of e-learning. The purpose is to strengthen e-learning environment in schools and encourage the “learner-centred” learning behaviour.
  The plan includes:

3 IT infrastructure development plans 

1. Upgrade bandwidth of internet for education/academic environments,
2. Increase the quality of WIFI environments in schools and
3. Consolidate cloud resources for students, teachers, parents and general public

2 learning behaviours

1. Building smart and healthier e-learning behaviour and
2. Promoting and encouraging MOOCs projects. With the said projects as well as the launch of 4G licenses, the demand for quality tools and content are increasing.

• The educational ICT sector in Tanzania is still predominantly undeveloped – no statistics exist in relation to ICT usage within primary and secondary schools. Educational ICT is currently generally confined to private schools and in 2010 there was a 1:20 ratio of access for college students to ICT equipment.
• Currently 45% of the population is aged 14 or under and therefore the demand for schooling and educational ICT within Tanzania is growing rapidly.
• Between 2009 and 2013 the number of internet users in Tanzania grew from 1.3% to 14%.

• The Educational ICT sector in Thailand is growing. Both government and private sectors are trying to improve ICT infrastructure and software to encourage more IT learning environment
• Thai students and teachers are still used to the classroom learning therefore, there is room to promote e-learning
• There is a pressing need to enhance teacher skills to cope with fast changing IT program

• Laptops are provided to each student entering secondary school.
• T&T has over 6,000 engineering and ICT graduates in the workforce and an annual graduation rate of 400 ICT-trained students from higher education institutions.
• Scheduled to commence in 2015 is the construction of The University of the West Indies administration building for the Faculty of Science and Technology

• ICT is a focus for the government in Turkey as it seeks to improve
  education by helping students to learn more efficiently in schools.
• Recent efforts have centred on enhancing the use of technology in
  homes and schools country-wide.

• Uganda’s education system consists of seven years of primary education.
• Primary education is considered the first level of formal education in which pupils follow a common basic curriculum. This is followed by a secondary cycle of six years (four at lower secondary and two and higher secondary) before proceeding to university education for three to five years depending on the duration of the course offered.
• There are currently, 34 universities in Uganda all accounting for a student population of about 130,000, turning out over 30,000 graduates annually. There are also technical and commercial business colleges that enrol another 20,000 students studying various disciplines.

• Size of the market:
  Over 20,000 secondary schools (incl. 218 private), 957 vocational educational and training institutions and 846 higher educational institutions
• National strategy to support ICT in education:
  National investment project “Open “world” to create a single educational and informational online space for pupils, teachers and parents all around Ukraine
• Opportunities:
  Introduction of modern information and communication technologies: at user level - supplying all educational units with ICT equipment; at level of information and educational networks - fostering the development of distance education and network libraries; at curriculum level – modular educational programmes configured to various levels of complexity

• With over 125,000 schools, the USA boasts one of the largest education ICT sectors in the world with estimated revenues over £5 billion.
• School districts in the USA have implemented or are implementing a wide range of educational technologies including digital textbooks, e-learning or virtual school programmes for rural students, and bring your own device programmes.
• The USA has a large number of well-established educational technology resellers and distributors that could be potential partners for UK companies looking to enter the market.

• Strategic Plan:
  The Prime Minister launched the ‘Education Development Strategic Plan for 2011-2020’ to overhaul the entire education system: ‘It is imperative to conduct radical and comprehensive innovation of Vietnamese
  education in the direction of standardisation, modernisation and internationalisation’
  
• Programme:
  The Government is urging for management and finance reforms in the education sector to improve education quality: improvement in proficiency in foreign medium of instruction, reduction of textbook contents,
  adoption of IT and more investment in schools.
  
• Opportunity:
  Supply of technology and equipment including teaching devices, E-learning tools, resources and infrastructure, etc

Purchasing needs:
XD Education is a representative company that is always seeking new opportunities and solutions that make a difference in education. Hardware and Software (Digital Content) Solutions to Primary & Early Years and Secondary (K12) through Higher Education, including but not limited to 3D Content.

Estimated Contract Values: It depends on the partnership opportunities.

Company profile:
XD Education strongly believes in and is dedicated to transform the teaching-learning process, assisting Institutions, educators and students through the intelligent use of digital technology, combined with new approaches to education. We are a Brazilian leading supplier of what is the most advanced in Educational and Technological Solutions designed to improve the stages of "learning" in the classroom and in extracurricular activities.

Distributor and Representative of leading providers of Hardware and Software (Digital Content), we also offer all related Consultancy’s Services as part of our portfolio offered to private and public schools, from the Basic Education (K12), Vocational Education and up to the University. XD Education is always seeking new opportunities and solutions that make a difference in education.

Buyer profile: New Business Searcher / Entrepreneur