City of Akaa

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Akaa is a city, which is located in Pirkanmaa. The city is home to some 17 000 people, and the sub-region due
to strong migration, population is growing rapidly. Akaa covers an area of 314.38 km2, of which 21.24 km2 is
water.

The City of Akaa was born when Toijalan city and municipality of Viiala united in 2007 and in the beginning of
2011 joined also the municipality of Kylmäkoski.

The administrative center of Akaa and the City Hall are in Toijala and there are municipal agency services also
in Viiala village. There are two railway stations: Toijala railway station and railway station in Viiala. The
distance of these two villages is 8 km.

In Akaa there is one Upper Secondary School, two Secondary Schools and eight primary Schools, where there
are preschools included. There are also day aftercare in the primaries for pupils from preschool to second
grade.

As our city is so young we have a lot of challenges in finding common models and consistency in the
development. This concerns also the education and cultural cooperation inside our city.

During the last years we have created a common ICT strategy for our schools also there is a ICT – team which
made a research of the skills and needs of ICT learning and teaching amoung teachers. Based on this research
we have made the ICT – strategy for the schools to follow.

Through this project we have the possibility to share and get good ideas on ICT learning/teaching both on this
region and abroad.

The role of The City Akaa in the project is to strengthen the cooperation between partners and region involved.
Coordinate this project together with Viialan keskustan koulu. Our school have strong traditions of international
cooperation projects, which have been founded by both EU and the National Board of Education in Finland.