Strategic Priorities Social Change Initiatives and Actions Initiative 1 : Extending and generalising IT use and equipment to education and teaching entities. Measures/Actions Description 1. Provide hardware, internet access and multimedia resources to public educational institutions • Proceed with the ‘Génie’ program by providing public educational institutions (9 260 institutions) with multimedia resources connected to internet, over the 2009-2013 period; • Alongside equipment and infrastructure, 200 000 IT teachers must be trained and pedagogical digital content suitable for learning must be developed. 2. Provide multimedia resources and internet access to public higher education institutions • Press ahead with the IT generalisation program in education, and introduce digital work environments (DWE) in higher education institutions. 3. Subsidise computer equipment and internet connection for teaching staff • Proceed with the Nafid@ program designed to subsidise computer equipment and internet connection for teaching staff, helping them use and integrate multimedia resources in teaching and learning. 4. Subsidise mobile computers and internet connection for engineering students or similars • Provide offers to enable engineering students and similars in science and IT to purchase subsidised laptops and internet connection; • Over the 2009-2013 period, around 80 000 engineering students and similars will benefit from this action. D i g i t a l M o r o c c o 31 The National Strategy for Information Society and Digital Economy - 2009-2013