Publication: Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Democratic Republic of Congo Country Report
Date
2007-06
ISSN
Published
2007-06
Author(s)
Fall, Babacar
Abstract
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. ICT remains largely
undeveloped in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This
is largely because the country is still unlinked to the SAT3
underwater optical fiber cable and is thus forced to rely
entirely on expensive and unstable satellite connectivity.
The lack of a national policy for ICT development, and the
apparent lack of concern for the subject among government
officials, is not helpful. However, largely through the work
of non-governmental actors, and Law 012/2002, ICT
applications are slowly emerging. Greater support from
government is needed to ensure that these initiatives are
expanded to improve the country's currently low levels
of school participation and to reduce the major digital gaps
which currently separate the north and south, urban and
rural areas, and male and female populations in the DRC.
Citation
“Fall, Babacar. 2007. Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Democratic Republic of Congo Country Report. InfoDev ICT and Education Series. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/ae6f2f4f-7eff-59fd-9148-777c8210e5cc License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”