Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho Country Report

Isaacs, Shafika

collection.link.184	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9415
collection.name.184	infoDev Country Report on ICT and Education
dc.contributor.author	Isaacs, Shafika
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-13T12:48:23Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-13T12:48:23Z
dc.date.issued	2007-04
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:02:52Z
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. Despite its poor ICT infrastructure and high levels of poverty, Lesotho has begun to take the necessary steps to promote higher levels of ICT access and usage in its communities and education institutions. The Government of Lesotho has adopted a national ICT policy that makes some references to the education sector. Over the last two years, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) eSchools Demo Project in Lesotho has been a catalyst in focusing attention on the potential that ICTs hold to enhance education in the country.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/10006617/survey-ict-education-africa-lesotho-country-report
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10704
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 EDUCATION
dc.subject	ADULT LITERACY
dc.subject	ADULT LITERACY RATE
dc.subject	BOARDING
dc.subject	BOARDING FACILITIES
dc.subject	CHURCHES
dc.subject	CLASSROOM
dc.subject	CLASSROOMS
dc.subject	COMMUNITY EDUCATION
dc.subject	CORE CURRICULUM
dc.subject	COSTS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	CURRICULA
dc.subject	CURRICULUM
dc.subject	DEMONSTRATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	DIGITAL DIVIDE
dc.subject	DISABLED PERSONS
dc.subject	DISTANCE LEARNING
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
dc.subject	EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject	EDUCATION STRATEGY
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
dc.subject	EDUCATORS
dc.subject	EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
dc.subject	EQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	FORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject	GENDER EQUITY
dc.subject	GENDER PARITY
dc.subject	GENDER PARITY INDEX
dc.subject	GER
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLMENT
dc.subject	GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOLS
dc.subject	HIGHER EDUCATION
dc.subject	HIGHER LEARNING
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	IMPROVING ACCESS
dc.subject	INTERNSHIPS
dc.subject	JOB TRAINING
dc.subject	JUNIOR SECONDARY
dc.subject	LEADERSHIP
dc.subject	LEARNERS
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LIFELONG LEARNING
dc.subject	LOCAL TEACHERS
dc.subject	MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	NATIONAL LIBRARY
dc.subject	NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
dc.subject	NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	PROVISION OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	QUALITY TRAINING
dc.subject	RADIO
dc.subject	RETRAINING
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SKILLED PERSONNEL
dc.subject	SKILLS TRAINING
dc.subject	STREET CHILDREN
dc.subject	TEACHER
dc.subject	TEACHER SUPPLY
dc.subject	TEACHER-TRAINING COLLEGES
dc.subject	TEACHERS
dc.subject	TEACHING
dc.subject	TECHNICAL TRAINING
dc.subject	TERTIARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	TRAINING CENTRES
dc.subject	TRAINING PROGRAMMES
dc.subject	UNIVERSITIES
dc.subject	VOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.subject	VULNERABLE CHILDREN
dc.subject	WORD PROCESSING
dc.subject	YOUTH
dc.title	Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho Country Report	en
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Gender
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/10006617/survey-ict-education-africa-lesotho-country-report
okr.globalpractice	Education
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000333037_20081109230209
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	10006617
okr.identifier.report	46384
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/11/09/000333037_20081109230209/Rendered/PDF/463840BRI0Box31ho010ICTed0Survey111.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Lesotho
okr.topic	Education :: Primary Education
okr.topic	Access and Equity in Basic Education
okr.topic	Education :: Education For All
okr.topic	Gender :: Gender and Education
okr.topic	Teaching and Learning
okr.unit	Office of the Regional Vice Pres (AFRVP)
okr.volume	1 of 1

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