URL: http://www.desanet.sabah.org.my/desanet_bi/
http://www.cornerstone-msc.net/infosockk/day1_session3/F_KuJooBee.doc

Contact Person(s): Anis Yusoff anis.yusoff@undp.org

Project Period: January 2002 -

Partner(s): Sabah State Library, Unit Kemajuan IT Negeri (KIT), Chief Minister’s Department, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Komputer Negeri, Jabatan Pendidikan / Schools and KKIP Communications Sdn Bhd

Achievements

Des@Net is a mobile computer training centre that contains 10 notebooks, a server and laser printer. The vehicle visits 10 schools in the rural district of Papar, Kudat and Kota Belud in Sabah. Each school is visited once every fortnight for a full day where students are taught basic computing skills, usage of Internet browsing and e-mail, word processing and homepage creation.

The Des@Net notebooks have been used for other ICT programmes such as computer training workshops conducted for women in Sipitang by the Sabah Women Advisory Council. Computer equipment has also been loaned to University Malaysia Sabah for their IT Awareness Camp in Tawau andLahad Datu.

Two more Des@Net cybermobiles are in the pipelines under the Eighth Malaysia Plan with a total allocation of RM600,000 from the National Library of Malaysia.