Hrvatska elektroprivreda DD HEP has for a third year in a row, organized a campaign named For Our Little Geniuses. The campaign goal is to ensure better conditions for IT education to elementary school pupils on a national level. According to the research of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAE), published in the International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS), there is one computer on 26 pupils while the average age computers in Croatian elementary schools is over 10 years.
Including this year's campaign HEP has provided 150 new computers for 42 elementary schools in a total value of 750,000 HRK (over 100,000 EUR). The HEP is focusing on smaller schools in rural, underdeveloped parts of Croatia, so this year 50 Personal Computers went to elementary schools in Dalj, Čeminac, Darda, Drinovci, Lozovac, Knin, Drniš, Zagvozd, Slivno, Čiovo and Toročec. Marketing Strategy Manager Mrs. Vlatka Kamenić Jagodić stated that the company is very pleased with the campaign results, and that it will be continued in the coming years.
Source: http://www.hep.hr/