Souter, DavidAdam, LishanButcher, NeilSibthorpe, ClaireTusubira, Tusu2014-07-282014-07-282014https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19024The future development of Africa and its participation in the knowledge society will be greatly influenced by how Africa manages to deliver quality education to its citizens. Education forms the basis for developing innovation, science, and technology, in order to harness resources, industrialize, and participate in the global knowledge economy and for Africa to take its rightful place in the global community. While information and communication technology (ICT) has been used in many parts of the world to improve the quality and increase access to education, most African countries still face the challenge that increased expenditure on education is not necessarily achieving the expected benefits. This report examines the potential for the use of ICT to support improvement and transformation of the education sector in Africa, including brief case studies of South Africa, Uganda, and Senegal. It identifies specific opportunities and challenges, and recommends areas of intervention for governments, development partners, and other stakeholders. It looks in particular at the following five areas: teacher professional development; digital learning resources; affordable technologies; education management information systems (EMIS); and national research and education networks (NRENs).en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO LEARNINGACCESS TO SCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTSBANDWIDTHBARRIERS TO ENTRYBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION PROJECTBEST PRACTICEBLOGBROADBANDCAPABILITIESCAPABILITYCAPACITY BUILDINGCERTIFICATECERTIFICATESCLASS TIMECLASSROOMCLASSROOM TEACHINGCOLLABORATIVE LEARNINGCOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVENESSCOMPUTER LITERACYCONNECTIVITYCONTENT SOURCESCOUNTRY CASE STUDIESCURRICULACURRICULUMDATA NETWORKSDATABASE ADMINISTRATORSDECENTRALIZATIONDIGITIZATIONDISTANCE EDUCATIONDOMAINSE-LEARNINGECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION DATAEDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION INDICATORSEDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION POLICIESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROJECTSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION STRATEGYEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIESEDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTSEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENTEDUCATIONAL MATERIALSEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL PROCESSESEDUCATIONAL RESOURCESEDUCATIONAL SOFTWAREEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGYEDUCATORSEQUIPMENTFINANCIAL SERVICESGENDER EQUALITYGLOBAL KNOWLEDGEGLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ECONOMYGOVERNMENT SERVICESHIGHER EDUCATIONHUMAN CAPACITYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCEHUMAN RESOURCESICTIMPACT ASSESSMENTIMPLEMENTATION PLANSINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINNOVATIONINSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNINTELLECTUAL CAPITALINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSINTERVENTIONSKNOWLEDGE BASEKNOWLEDGE SOCIETIESKNOWLEDGE SOCIETYLEADERSHIPLEARNERSLEARNINGLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING OPPORTUNITIESLEARNING RESOURCESLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLITERACYMATERIALMINISTRIES OF EDUCATIONMOBILE DEVICESMOBILE PHONESNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMNETWORKSNEW TECHNOLOGIESONLINE TRAININGPILOT PROJECTSPOLICY FRAMEWORKPRIVATE SECTORPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPUBLIC SCHOOLSQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY LEARNINGQUALITY LEARNING MATERIALSREADINGREGIONAL EDUCATIONREGULATORY FRAMEWORKSRESULTRESULTSSCHOOL ADMINISTRATIONSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSEARCHSERVICE TRAININGSHORT COURSESSOFTWARE APPLICATIONSTEACHERTEACHER COMPETENCETEACHER DEVELOPMENTTEACHER EDUCATIONTEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTTEACHER TRAININGTEACHER TRAINING COLLEGESTEACHER-LEARNERSTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNOLOGY PLATFORMSTELECOMMUNICATIONSTRAINING OF TEACHERSUNIVERSITIESUSABILITYVIDEOVIDEO-CONFERENCINGWEBWIRELESS ACCESS10.1596/19024