Munich has done its educational IT homework: Schools and other institutions have been equipped and networked with the necessary PC technology. Low, transparent costs will secure financing for years to come.

The Munich educational network enables the extensive integration of digital media in the classroom and makes both teaching and learning easier. Teachers can distribute the contents of their lectures or homework via the network, allowing them to focus on educational issues instead of technical ones. Students learn basic PC and Internet skills at an early age that they can later use in almost any profession. In addition, online research and online communication also support team-oriented learning and taking responsibility for one's own education, aspects that are important in an information society.

In this context, T-Systems has equipped around 750 schools and daycare programs with 28,000 PCs and provided networks for these. The ICTICT

Information and Communication Technology. These two terms began to be combined in the 1980s to emphasize the growing convergence between the two technologies.

service provider has also taken on the responsibility for the operation, maintenance and updating of the education network. The standardization of hardware, standardized educational interfaces, central administration and a central help desk that offers professional support at industry standards all contribute to the system's efficiency. Current costs are fixed and financing via investment plans is secured for years to come.

Exemplary concept at work

According to the experts, Munich is the first community to take educational, technological and organizational as well as financial aspects into account in one integrated ITIT (= Information Technology)

Information Technology (IT) is a collective term for information and data processing and the hardware and software used for this purpose. 

concept. In a global study, "IT in school regions," the Bertelsmann Stiftung (foundation) used the concept as an example of best practice. The project is being implemented in the form of a public private partnershipPublic Private Partnership

In a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), private-sector capital, knowledge and skills are employed to provide a government service. In a broader sense, the term can also refer to other types of collaboration between government and business. In many cases, a PPP goes hand-in-hand with the partial privatization of public-sector tasks.

between the Munich-based Center for Information Technology in Education and T-Systems.