Isaacs, Shafika2012-08-132012-08-132007-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10713This 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. Botswana is a small, dynamic country with visionary leadership particularly in the sector of ICTs in education. Not only does it boast a liberal telecoms policy, its education and national ICT policies are linked to a broader economic vision for the country. Moreover, in practice, Botswana arguably boasts among the highest computer penetration in education institutions in Africa. As well, all junior and senior secondary schools and government tertiary institutions have computer labs. The government has committed financial resources to improve connectivity and to promote the educational use of ICTs.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONSACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATIONACCESS TO THE INTERNETADDITIONADULTSBANDWIDTHBASIC SERVICESBASIC SKILLSBROADBANDBROADCASTBUSINESS SERVICESCACHECAPACITY BUILDINGCAPACITY-BUILDINGCD-ROMSCERTIFICATESCLASSROOMCLASSROOM SETTINGSCOMMUNICATION FACILITIESCOMMUNICATION SERVICESCOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKCOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKSCOMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENTCOMPUTER LITERACYCOMPUTER NETWORKCOMPUTER SCIENCECOMPUTER SKILLSCOMPUTER TRAININGCOMPUTERSCOMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLSCONNECTIVITYCONTINUING EDUCATIONCURRICULUMCURRICULUM AIMSCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTDATA NETWORKDEVELOPMENT OF WEBDIGITAL CONTENTDIGITAL DIVIDEDISTANCE LEARNINGDRAWINGE-LEARNINGE-MAILECONOMIC ACTIVITYEDUCATION DATAEDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION MANAGERSEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION TELEVISIONEDUCATIONAL CURRICULAEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL TELEVISIONEDUCATORSELEARNINGELECTRICITYENABLING ENVIRONMENTENGINEERINGEQUIPMENTEXPORT EARNINGSFIBRE OPTICSFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SERVICESFORMAL EDUCATIONFORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEMFORMAL SCHOOLSGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUITYGENDER ISSUESGENDER PARITYGENDER PARITY INDEXGENERAL EDUCATIONGERGOVERNMENT POLICYGROSS ENROLMENTGROSS ENROLMENT RATIOHARDWAREHIGHER EDUCATIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMANITIESICTILLITERACYILLITERACY RATEINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINNOVATIONINSTITUTIONINSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERYINSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALSINTERACTIVE TELEVISIONINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSJUNIOR SECONDARYJUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATIONJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSLANGUAGESLEADERSHIPLEARNER SUPPORTLEARNERSLEARNINGLEARNING RESOURCESLIBRARIESLIFE SKILLSLIFE SKILLS EDUCATIONLOCAL AREA NETWORKMARKET OPPORTUNITIESMATHEMATICSMULTIMEDIANATIONAL CURRICULUMNEW TECHNOLOGIESNON-FORMAL EDUCATIONNUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMBER OF TEACHERSNUMBERS OF LEARNERSONLINE SERVICESOPEN LEARNINGOPEN SCHOOLOPEN SCHOOLSPCPCSPEER-TO-PEERPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPILOT PROJECTPOLICY FRAMEWORKPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY LEVELPRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE SCHOOLSPRIVATE SECTORPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPUBLIC SCHOOLSPUPILSQUALITY OF LITERACYQUERIESRADIORADIO STATIONSRESULTRURAL ACCESSRURAL LOCATIONSSATELLITESCHOOL NETWORKSCHOOLINGSEARCHSEARCH ENGINESENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVERSITESSPEAKINGTARGETSTEACHERTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELECOMTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRYTELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRAINING PROGRAMMEUNIVERSAL ACCESSUNIVERSAL ACCESS TO PRIMARYUNIVERSAL SERVICEUSE OF DISTANCE EDUCATIONUSERUSERSVIDEOVIDEOSVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVSATWEBWEB SITEYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/10713