Evaluation of an application for managing microcredits in education


Autoria(s): Muñoz Hernandez, Susana; Ramírez Robles, Máximo
Data(s)

2012

Resumo

One of the major problems in developing countries is minority access to higher education. Traditional scholarships usually focus on paying eventually tuition fees or bringing brilliant students to develop countries. Additionally, these systems used to be opaque and, consequently, a corruption source. We propose a system of student loans to pay tuition fees in exchange for work. We also provide UBURYO. It is the FOSS, that we have developed, to manage this loan system in a simple, trustworthy, fair and efficient way. We deployed the loan system in the University of Ngozi (UNG, Burundi). A shallow evaluation demonstrates that system sustainability is feasible.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://oa.upm.es/22947/

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Facultad de Informática (UPM)

Relação

http://oa.upm.es/22947/2/Susana_Munoz_Hernandez.pdf

info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1145/2160601.2160629

Direitos

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Fonte

Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development | Second Annual Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV 2012) | 11-12 Mar 2012 | Atlanta, Georgia, Estados Unidos

Palavras-Chave #Informática
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject

Ponencia en Congreso o Jornada

PeerReviewed