The Icelandic Educational Gateway
Collaboration
Educational Gateway is a collaborative project between the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture and Hugur ltd. Following a tender offer, on 19 December 2002 an agreement was signed delegating the construction and operation of Educational Gateway to Hugur ltd.
Objectives
The goal of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture in building up Educational Gateway is to provide schools ready access to information and services accessible on the Internet. The recording of content is currently in progress as well as linking it with courses, academic subjects and curriculum goals. This fall a database of curricula will be prepared that will facilitate preparation of school curricula as well as curricula aimed at individuals.
Activities
Educational Gateway emphasises providing comprehensive information regarding schooling, course offerings at all school levels, foreign collaboration, content from teachers' professional associations, and other things of interest to school people. Schools and teachers are invited to collaborate with Educational Gateway on innovations in schooling, as they develop. Also, a number of teachers all over Iceland will be on the "Educational Gateway Team", which works on recording, monitoring, quality evaluation, writing of news, etc.
Responsibility
Operational responsibility will lie with Hugur hf. A separate agreement in this regard between Hugur hf. and the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture stipulates other responsibilities.
