Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Uganda Country Report

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. As it adopts ICT in education, Uganda faces the same challenges as most developing economies - poorly developed ICT infrastructure, high bandwidth costs, an unreliable supply of electricity, and a general lack of resources to meet a broad spectrum of needs. However, with the rapid emergence of wireless network capacity and the ubiquitous growth of mobile phones, the context of the infrastructure is changing. A national ICT policy is in place and an education sector ICT policy is before cabinet. The ministry of education and sports is taking steps to co-ordinate ICT development and has allocated resources to support implementation of its ICT strategy.

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Main Author: Farrell, Glen
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-06
Subjects:ACCESS FOR WOMEN, ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION, ACHIEVEMENTS, ADOPTION OF ICT, ADULT LITERACY, ADULT LITERACY RATE, BACKUPS, BANDWIDTH, BROADCASTING, BUSINESS PROCESSES, BUSINESSES, CAPABILITY, CAPACITY-BUILDING, CD-ROMS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLASS SIZES, CLASSROOMS, COLLEGES, COMMERCE, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER LITERACY, COMPUTER SKILLS, COMPUTER TRAINING, CONFIDENTIAL DATA, CONNECTIVITY, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM MATERIALS, CURRICULUM REFORMS, DEMONSTRATION, DIGITAL CAMERA, DIGITAL CONTENT, DIGITAL DIVIDE, DISCIPLINES, DISTANCE EDUCATION, DONOR SUPPORT, E-GOVERNMENT, E-LEARNING, E-MAIL, E-MAIL ADDRESSES, E-READINESS, EARLY LESSONS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION DATA, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION PLANNING, EDUCATION REFORM, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ELEARNING, ELECTRICITY, ELIMINATION OF GENDER DISPARITY, ENROLMENT RATIO, ENROLMENTS, EQUIPMENT, EQUITABLE ACCESS, FACULTIES, FEMALE PARTICIPATION, FIBRE OPTICS, FORMAL EDUCATION, FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION, GENDER DISPARITY, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER ISSUES, GENERAL POPULATION, GIRLS, GOVERNMENT NETWORK, HARDWARE, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, ICT, ID, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, INFORMATION PORTALS, INFORMATION SOCIETY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INSTALLATION, INSTITUTION, INSTRUCTORS, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, LEARNERS, LEARNING CENTRES, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING PROCESS, LICENSES, LIFELONG EDUCATION, LITERACY IMPROVEMENT, LITERACY RATE, LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL, MATERIAL, MEDICAL EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MOBILE PHONES, MOBILE TELEPHONY, MULTIMEDIA, NATIONAL CURRICULUM, NATIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL DISTANCE EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION BUDGET, NATIONAL LANGUAGE, NETWORKS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, OPEN UNIVERSITY, PARTICIPATION RATES, PDF, PEDAGOGICAL USE, PERSONAL COMPUTERS, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES, PRIMARY ENROLMENT, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY LEVELS, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIMARY TEACHERS, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROCUREMENT, PUBLIC ACCESS POINT, RADIO, RADIO STATIONS, RADIOS, RATIO OF GIRLS TO BOYS IN PRIMARY, RESOURCE CENTRE, RESULT, RURAL AREAS, RURAL SCHOOLS, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SEARCH, SEARCH ENGINE, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SECURITY MANAGEMENT, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SPORTS, STUDENT MOBILITY, TEACHER, TEACHER EDUCATORS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TECHNICAL COLLEGES, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TELECOM, TELECOMMUNICATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELEPHONE, TELEPHONY, TELEVISION, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY EDUCATION SECTOR, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, TERTIARY LEVEL, TERTIARY SECTOR, TIME FRAME, TRAINING CENTRES, TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, TRAINING NEEDS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL COMPLETION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY COUNCIL, UNIVERSITY FACULTY, USERS, VIDEO, VOCATIONAL SKILLS, VSAT, WEB, WEB SITE, WEB SITES, WORKERS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/9894687/survey-ict-education-africa-uganda-country-report
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10655
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