Publication: Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Nigeria Country Report
Date
2007-06
ISSN
Published
2007-06
Author(s)
Tutu Agyeman, Osei
Abstract
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 Federal Republic of
Nigeria has no specific policy for ICT in education. The
Ministry of Education created its ICT department in February
2007, notwithstanding several government agencies and other
stakeholders in the private sector having initiated
ICT-driven projects and programs to impact all levels of the
educational sector. The challenge is the lack of electric
power and telecommunications infrastructure in a substantial
part of the country. Mobile telecommunication currently
covers 60 percent of the national territory, but mobile
telephone companies generally power their base stations
using electric power generators since the Power Holding
Company of Nigeria (PHCN) is unable to supply them with
power. This phenomenon is prevalent nationwide and
constitutes the bottleneck to effective countrywide
deployment of ICT in education. It is projected that Nigeria
will be a net supplier of electric power by the end of 2007
when its massive cross-country electric power grid
construction and interconnection projects are completed. It
is hoped that mobile operators will introduce technologies
that permit Internet access on their networks across the
country to facilitate the implementation of e-learning programs.
Citation
“Tutu Agyeman, Osei. 2007. Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Nigeria Country Report. InfoDev ICT and Education Series. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/52b39634-d65a-55f8-8f60-9e5372e37903 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”