PEP SSTC’ attract foreign research

In order to help schools maintain their computers, computer- related equipment, and increase student’s everyday access to computers, PEP established Student Support Technician Clubs (SSTC). Soon after they were created, they become very popular among the students who wanted to join them. The students, members of the SSTCs, have been given the task to perform preventative maintenance of the school’s hardware infrastructure, do the basic network management and assist the teachers in their day-to-day computer operation.

Aside the interest of local students, it seems that the SSTCs established by PEP, are also equally provocative for the people outside Macedonia.

Laura Hosman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Illinois Institute of Technology. Her work focuses on the role for information and communications technology (ICT) in developing countries. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Public Policy from the University of Southern California (USC), and was previously a Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.
Laura spent seven weeks in Macedonia in the spring of 2009, researching technology in the schools. As part of her work in Macedonia, she took a closer look at the Student Support Technician Clubs. Click here to see the case study.

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