Isaacs, Shafika2012-08-132012-08-132007-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10705This 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. Following the model of the Singaporean experience, the Mauritian government has been visionary in its promotion of its country as a 'cyber island,' a hub for the southern African region with a diversified economy. Mauritius has attempted to promote ICTs in schools since the late 1990s which is reflected in its national ICT policy, a segment of which is dedicated to education.CC BY 3.0 IGOADULT LITERACYADULT LITERACY RATEBASIC KNOWLEDGEBEST PRACTICEBOOKMARKBROADCASTBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESSESCACHECD-ROMCELLULAR PHONECENTRAL SERVERCERTIFICATECERTIFICATESCERTIFICATION AUTHORITIESCHAMBER OF COMMERCECLASSROOMCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYCOMPUTER HARDWARECOMPUTER USERSCONNECTIVITYCONVENTIONAL CLASSESCURRICULUMDELIVERY SYSTEMSDIGITAL CAMERADIGITAL DIVIDEDISTANCE EDUCATIONDISTANCE LEARNINGE-LEARNINGECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION DATAEDUCATION DELIVERY SYSTEMSEDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMELECTRONIC BUSINESSELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONSENABLING ENVIRONMENTFEMALE ADULT LITERACYFEMALE ADULT LITERACY RATEFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SERVICESFRAUDGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUITYGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL INFORMATION SOCIETYGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT SERVICESHIGH SCHOOLSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESICTINFORMATICSINFORMATION &AMPCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINNOVATIVE TEACHINGINSTITUTIONINTERNATIONAL WEB SITEINTERNET CONNECTIVITYLANLEADERSHIPLEARNERSLEARNING ACTIVITIESLECTURERSLEGAL ENVIRONMENTLEGAL FRAMEWORKLIFE EXPECTANCYLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACY COURSESLITERACY RATELITERACY TRAININGLOCAL KNOWLEDGEMULTIMEDIANETWORKSNICHE MARKETSONLINE FACILITYOPEN LEARNINGPCPCSPDFPERSONAL COMPUTERPERSONAL COMPUTERSPOLICY FORMULATIONPOLICY FRAMEWORKPRIMARY ENROLMENTPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERSPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE SECTORPROVISION OF EDUCATIONPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSRADIORADIO STATIONSRESULTSATELLITESCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOLSSEARCHSEARCH ENGINESECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVERSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTTARGETSTEACHERTEACHINGTECHNICAL TRAININGTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURETELEPHONETELEPHONE SERVICESTELEPHONYTELEVISIONTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRAINEESTRAINING CENTRETRAINING CENTRESTRAINING PROGRAMMETRANSMISSIONTRANSMISSION OF INFORMATIONUNIVERSAL ACCESSUSERSVOCATIONAL TRAININGWEBWEB SITEWIRELESS INTERNETWIRELESS INTERNET ACCESSWorld Bank10.1596/10705