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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : South Africa Country Report

dc.contributor.author Isaacs, Shafika
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T12:37:55Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T12:37:55Z
dc.date.issued 2007-06
dc.description.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. In all the different facets of the ICTs for education prism, South Africa boasts more than a decade of accumulated experience from its wide range of projects and programs pioneered by noteworthy champions across the stakeholder spectrum of communities, the private sector, civil society, donor, development, and government agencies. A variety of tested models on ICT access, digital content development, teacher training and professional development, optimal usage, partnerships, and resource mobilization have encouraged significant learning among innovators, practitioners, and policymakers. The scale of all these interventions to date has led to at least 22 percent computer penetration in all public schools. While South Africa has a policy on e-education only for the schools and Further Education and Training (FET) college sectors, herein too lay animated debate on the optimal ways to implement the policy. Over the coming period, with South Africa acting as host for the 2010 World Cup and the national government embarking on accelerated economic growth strategies, the race is on to move to broadband and promote ubiquitous ICT access. South African education institutions in general, and the schools and FET college sectors in particular, are set to grow significantly in ICT access, teacher training, and professional development and usage. However, major challenges still need to be overcome, such as the lack of a comprehensive policy on ICTs in education that covers all sectors in education, the continued need for leadership and co-ordination of various initiatives, the promotion of enhanced learning through optimal usage of the technologies, and, above all, the need to demonstrate the value of the investment in ICTs through improved performance of learners and teachers and improved employability in the changing labor market. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10003124/survey-ict-education-africa-south-africa-country-report
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10659
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries InfoDev ICT and Education Series
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCESS TO TRAINING
dc.subject ACHIEVEMENTS
dc.subject ADDITION
dc.subject ADULT BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject ADULT LEARNING
dc.subject ADULTS
dc.subject ARTS
dc.subject CALL
dc.subject CAREER GUIDANCE
dc.subject CHILDREN
dc.subject CLASSROOM
dc.subject CLASSROOMS
dc.subject COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject COMMUNICATION
dc.subject COMPLETION
dc.subject COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
dc.subject COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
dc.subject COMPUTER LITERACY
dc.subject COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION
dc.subject CURRICULAR REFORM
dc.subject CURRICULUM
dc.subject CURRICULUM CONTENT
dc.subject CURRICULUM DELIVERY
dc.subject CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject DEMONSTRATION
dc.subject DIGITAL DIVIDE
dc.subject DIPLOMAS
dc.subject DISTANCE EDUCATION
dc.subject DISTANCE LEARNING
dc.subject DRAWING
dc.subject EDUCATION
dc.subject EDUCATION COMMUNITY
dc.subject EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject EDUCATION MANAGERS
dc.subject EDUCATION MINISTERS
dc.subject EDUCATION OFFICIALS
dc.subject EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject EDUCATION STATISTICS
dc.subject EDUCATION STRATEGY
dc.subject EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject EDUCATORS
dc.subject EQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subject FACILITIES
dc.subject FORMAL SCHOOLS
dc.subject FORMAL TRAINING
dc.subject FUNCTIONAL ILLITERACY
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject GENDER PARITY
dc.subject GENDER PARITY INDEX
dc.subject GENERAL EDUCATION
dc.subject GER
dc.subject GIRLS
dc.subject GOALS
dc.subject GROSS ENROLLMENT
dc.subject GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
dc.subject GROUPS
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HIGH SCHOOL
dc.subject HIGH SCHOOLS
dc.subject HIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subject HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject ILLITERACY
dc.subject ILLITERACY RATE
dc.subject ILLITERACY RATES
dc.subject INFORMATION SOCIETY
dc.subject INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
dc.subject INTERACTIVE RADIO
dc.subject INTERACTIVE RADIO INSTRUCTION
dc.subject INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject INVESTMENT
dc.subject ITS
dc.subject KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject LANGUAGE SKILLS
dc.subject LANGUAGES
dc.subject LEADERSHIP
dc.subject LEARNERS
dc.subject LEARNING
dc.subject LEARNING ACTIVITIES
dc.subject LEARNING CENTRES
dc.subject LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
dc.subject LEARNING INITIATIVES
dc.subject LEARNING PRACTICES
dc.subject LET
dc.subject LEVELS OF LITERACY
dc.subject LIFELONG LEARNING
dc.subject LITERACY SKILLS
dc.subject LITERATURE
dc.subject MATHEMATICS
dc.subject MEASURING LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject MENTORS
dc.subject MOBILITY
dc.subject NATIONAL CURRICULUM
dc.subject NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
dc.subject NATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY
dc.subject NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject NATIONAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
dc.subject NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
dc.subject NUMERACY
dc.subject OPEN EDUCATION
dc.subject OPEN LEARNING
dc.subject OPEN UNIVERSITY
dc.subject PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subject PEDAGOGICAL USE
dc.subject PEDAGOGY
dc.subject PRIMARY GRADES
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject PRINCIPALS
dc.subject PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subject PRIVATE SCHOOLS
dc.subject PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject PROVISION OF EDUCATION
dc.subject PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject QUALIFIED TEACHERS
dc.subject QUALITY ASSURANCE
dc.subject QUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subject QUALITY LEARNING
dc.subject QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION
dc.subject RADIO
dc.subject RADIO STATIONS
dc.subject RESOURCE CENTRE
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL CLASSROOMS
dc.subject SCHOOL
dc.subject SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subject SCHOOL GRADUATES
dc.subject SCHOOL POLICY
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SCIENCE
dc.subject SCIENCE STUDY
dc.subject SECOND-LANGUAGE
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject SENIOR PRIMARY GRADES
dc.subject SKILL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SKILL TRAINING
dc.subject SKILLS
dc.subject SKILLS ACQUISITION
dc.subject SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SKILLS TRAINING
dc.subject SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SOFTWARE
dc.subject STAFF DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject STORIES
dc.subject STRATEGIES
dc.subject STUDENTS
dc.subject STUDIES
dc.subject TEACHER
dc.subject TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject TEACHER SALARIES
dc.subject TEACHER SUPPORT
dc.subject TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject TEACHER-TRAINING COLLEGES
dc.subject TEACHERS
dc.subject TEACHING
dc.subject TEACHING PROGRAMMES
dc.subject TEACHING SKILLS
dc.subject TECHNICAL COLLEGES
dc.subject TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
dc.subject TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject TESTING
dc.subject TRAINEES
dc.subject TRAINING CENTRE
dc.subject TRAINING MATERIALS
dc.subject TRAINING OF EDUCATORS
dc.subject TRAINING PROGRAMME
dc.subject TRAINING PROGRAMMES
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subject UNIVERSITIES
dc.subject VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject WOMEN
dc.subject WORKBOOKS
dc.subject WRITING
dc.subject YOUNG PEOPLE
dc.subject YOUTH
dc.title Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : South Africa Country Report en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10003124/survey-ict-education-africa-south-africa-country-report
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333037_20081106233147
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 10003124
okr.identifier.report 46364
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/11/06/000333037_20081106233147/Rendered/PDF/463640BRI0Box31ca010ICTed0Survey111.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.region.country South Africa
okr.topic Education :: Primary Education
okr.topic Access and Equity in Basic Education
okr.topic Education :: Education For All
okr.topic Curriculum and Instruction
okr.topic Teaching and Learning
okr.unit Office of the Regional Vice Pres (AFRVP)
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