infoDev Country Report on ICT and Education
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These short Country Reports are a result of a larger infoDev-supported Survey of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education in Africa, and provide a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country.
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Senegal Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-07)This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev) - supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. Senegal's hand on commitment to incorporating ICT in education is still in the beginning stages of progress and evaluation. Although Senegal's public officials and government bodies recognize ICT as a powerful engine for progress in economic expansion and modernization and have a national ICT policy in place, it has not yet been integrated into the education sector in any kind of formal policy. However, the Ministry of Education and several organizations have taken initiatives to launch and continue activities that will facilitate the modernization of schools and other educational institutions. Initiatives have also been made in the informal sector, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Community Multimedia Center Scale-Up Project, to make ICT accessible to community members. Although obstacles remain, such as the need for more telecommunications infrastructure and computer materials, the outlook for integrating ICT into Senegal's education system is very optimistic. -
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Seychelles Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-07)This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev) - supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. Seychelles is considered as one of the richest countries in Africa by income per capita. The government has made some strides in the promotion of ICTs as a learning subject as part of the national curriculum. According to the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa, the country has a national ICT policy, although it does not as yet have a specific policy on ICTs in education. A limited number ICT projects have been attempted in the education sector to date. -
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Tanzania Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-07)This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. The past few years witnessed a host of activities aimed at injecting ICT in Tanzania's education sector. From the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)-supported roundtable in Bagamoyo where 11 ICT for education projects were formulated to the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)-supported stakeholders forum of January 2005, which saw the birth of the Tanzania eSchools initiative and many other activities in between. All this has, as a result, tremendously increased the awareness of the benefits of ICT within the education sector, not to mention the support from several development partners. With the raised awareness the potential that ICT has demonstrated in improving the quality and access to education, the government, through the ministry of education and vocational training has recently developed an ICT Policy for basic education (July 2007) that will among other things, structure the adoption of ICT within the education sector. -
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Equatorial Guinea Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-06)This short country report, a result of a larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. In Equatorial Guinea, there is no specific policy concerning ICT, although attempts to improve management in the Ministry of Telecommunications are being made. This could help facilitate the adoption of such a policy in the near future. The efforts to strengthen the presence of ICT in communities and in schools are primarily made by non-governmental organizations, universities, and other actors. They collaborate on projects that make computer equipment, training, and management available and accessible to students, educators, and members of the community. These initiatives take the form of computer labs in schools or media centre's in the community. -
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Tunisia Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-06)This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. Tunisia has committed to the institutionalization of ICT in all aspects of the economy and has played a leading role on the global level by hosting the second phase of the world summit on the information system. To introduce and sustain the integration of ICT in education, Tunisia has implemented a multi-dimensional strategy based on modernizing its infrastructure. Education is an important sector affected by this policy where a major restructuring took place and reforms have taken into consideration the integration of ICT. Training and professional development of teachers and administrators were also considered as keys to successfully implementing ICT at all stages of the teaching-learning process. Distance education opens new horizons and constitutes a rich field of research, innovation, and creation that still needs to be reinforced and further developed. -
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Uganda Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-06)This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. As it adopts ICT in education, Uganda faces the same challenges as most developing economies - poorly developed ICT infrastructure, high bandwidth costs, an unreliable supply of electricity, and a general lack of resources to meet a broad spectrum of needs. However, with the rapid emergence of wireless network capacity and the ubiquitous growth of mobile phones, the context of the infrastructure is changing. A national ICT policy is in place and an education sector ICT policy is before cabinet. The ministry of education and sports is taking steps to co-ordinate ICT development and has allocated resources to support implementation of its ICT strategy. -
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Benin Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-06)This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev) - supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. Benin was the first country in West Africa to connect to the internet, which it did in 1995. However the weak legal and investment framework stalled progress and development of its ICT sector. Currently, deployment and integration of ICTs in education are at their lowest from the primary to the tertiary levels. While donor support helped realize some amount of meaningful connectivity to the internet, the necessary contribution from ministerial and government agency sources that should have contributed to advance the cause failed because they were inept at delivering on their assigned roles. Connectivity to the Third Semi-arid Tropics (SAT-3) submarine cable has made permanent connection to the internet via Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) a possibility and has reduced service charges considerably. This may provide a way forward from a seemingly intractable situation. -
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-06)This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. Cape Verde has made significant strides in the implementation of ICTs in education. The drawback of doing so has been the exorbitant cost of Internet connection and services owing to the monopoly maintained by Cabo Verde Telecom. Further, the availability of the technology in terms of usability by the general population is limited to two islands where cyber cafes have been established by private companies nearly to the exclusion of the others. The 30 percent of the population living below the poverty line may never be able to access such facilities, and another 12,000 families may never enjoy such communication because of the terrain that makes it impossible for electric power to be extended to them using traditional means. -
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Central African Republic Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-06)This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. The Central African Republic (CAR) faces many challenges to make a greater effort in training, budgeting, and awareness creation concerning the use of ICTs. Introducing ICTs into basic education (especially in secondary education) is increasingly seen by many as a necessity, and the development of teacher skills is necessary to enhance the use of educational technology. The country has only one university and enrolment rates are low for most levels of education. To reverse this situation, the government has made some worthy efforts to promote basic education, such as the building of new schools in the capital and the provinces with assistance from the European Union and the World Bank. -
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cameroon Country Report
(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007-06)This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev) - supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the country. Cameroon is among the sub-Saharan African countries that are making enormous progress in the use of the ICTs in the various development sectors, including education. Private schools introduced ICTs into their curricula in the 1990s, but there is no specific policy guiding the teaching or use of ICTs in education, which has lead to each private school applying its own teaching method or program. ICTs were officially introduced into education in 2001 by the president. The Cyber Education Project launched since then by the government targets two sectors: secondary and tertiary education. Primary schools are not yet concerned. The project started a slowly, but is now gaining speed. The French government plays a great role in the implementation and is a major partner both financially and technically. Major achievements include establishing Multimedia Resources Centre's (MRCs) in universities, professional and technological schools, and some government secondary schools; training monitors to manage MRCs; creating learning platforms; interconnecting the six state universities; and establishing training units in professional schools and universities, some of which are now operational.