Publication: Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Niger 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 Republic of Niger
is mostly desert and it is the poorest country in the world.
Subsistence agriculture is the principal economic activity
of its people who are confronted with inclement seasonal
weather changes that further impact negatively on harvest
volumes. The country has an underdeveloped electric power
and communications infrastructure that can hamper its drive
towards the deployment of ICT in the education sector and
the public at large. Another challenge is the scarce
financial resources that render the provision of basic
educational infrastructure nearly intractable to government
not to mention the supply of computers to schools. It is
worthy to note, however, that the Niger government has
implemented structures and made plans that should enable
accelerated development in the ICT sector if the necessary
donor support is found.
Citation
“Tutu Agyeman, Osei. 2007. Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Niger Country Report. InfoDev ICT and Education Series. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/d2f32a1f-c2ae-5401-9acb-585b9562a9e8 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”