Tutu Agyeman, Osei2012-08-132012-08-132007-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10679This 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. Benin was the first country in West Africa to connect to the internet, which it did in 1995. However the weak legal and investment framework stalled progress and development of its ICT sector. Currently, deployment and integration of ICTs in education are at their lowest from the primary to the tertiary levels. While donor support helped realize some amount of meaningful connectivity to the internet, the necessary contribution from ministerial and government agency sources that should have contributed to advance the cause failed because they were inept at delivering on their assigned roles. Connectivity to the Third Semi-arid Tropics (SAT-3) submarine cable has made permanent connection to the internet via Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) a possibility and has reduced service charges considerably. This may provide a way forward from a seemingly intractable situation.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC COMMUNITYADSLADULT EDUCATIONARITHMETICBANDWIDTHBIOLOGYBROADBANDCIVIC EDUCATIONCOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURECOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY RADIOCOMPUTER EQUIPMENTCOMPUTER NETWORKINGCOMPUTERSCONNECTIVITYCOURSE MATERIALSCURRICULADEVELOPMENT OF WEBDISTANCE LEARNINGDISTRICT EDUCATIONDOMAINDONOR SUPPORTE-COMMERCEE-LEARNINGEDUCATION DATAEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION MINISTRIESEDUCATION OF GIRLSEDUCATION OFFICESEDUCATION PROJECTSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIESEDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTEDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTUREEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL POLICYELECTRICAL ENERGYELECTRICITYENROLMENT RATIOENROLMENT RATIOSENROLMENT STATISTICSEQUAL OPPORTUNITYEXPERIMENTAL SCHOOLSFAMILY LIFEFEMALE % ENROLMENTFIBRE OPTICFORMAL EDUCATION SECTORFREE EDUCATIONGENDER EQUITYGENERAL POPULATIONGIRLS IN SCHOOLGLOBAL LEARNINGHEALTH EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESICTINFORMATION SOCIETYINSTALLATIONSINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKINSTRUCTIONINTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERSISPISPSJOINT VENTURELECTURERSLEVELS OF LITERACYLITERACYLITERACY SERVICELITERATE POPULATIONMANUFACTURINGMATHEMATICSMOBILE PHONESMULTIMEDIANEW TECHNOLOGIESNON-FORMAL EDUCATIONOFFICE SYSTEMSPCPHYSICSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOL ENTRANTSPRIMARY TEACHERPRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE SCHOOLSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLSPUBLIC SCHOOLSPUPILSQUALITY OF EDUCATIONRADIORADIO STATIONRADIO STATIONSREGIONAL EDUCATIONRESULTRISK FACTORSRURAL AREASRURAL SCHOOLSSATELLITESCHOOL STUDENTSSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSEARCHSEARCH ENGINESECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSYSTEMS SOFTWARETEACHERTEACHER-TRAINING COLLEGESTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL DOCUMENTSTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTECHNICAL TRAININGTELECOMTELEPHONETELEPHONE LINESTELEPHONE NETWORKTELEPHONE SERVICETELEVISIONTELEVISION CHANNELSTELEVISION STATIONSTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRAINING ACTIVITIESTRAINING PROGRAMMESTRANSMISSIONUNIVERSITIESUSERUSERSVIDEOVIDEO-CONFERENCEVOCATIONAL SKILLSVOCATIONAL TRAININGVSATWEBWEB SITEWEB SITE DESIGNYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/10679