Publication: Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Algeria Country Report
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2007-06
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2007-06
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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. Algeria is encouraging and fostering the use of ICT to enhance the development process in general and the development of the educational system in particular, paving the road for an ICT policy framework along with an implementation strategy. The government has placed weight on the development of ICT-related human resources. In light of the globally emerging knowledge and information society, Algeria has formed a committee in charge of defining the elements of an Algerian national information society strategy. It is anticipated that the committee will work on creating synergies among the different sectors in the area of infrastructure, training, and research as well as information systems and ICTs. The committee will identify a national ICT working group, which will be charged with formulating short-, medium, and long-term action plans for ICT.
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“Hamdy, Amr. 2007. Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Algeria Country Report. InfoDev ICT and Education Series. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10683 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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