Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report

This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of 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. Cape Verde has made significant strides in the implementation of ICTs in education. The drawback of doing so has been the exorbitant cost of Internet connection and services owing to the monopoly maintained by Cabo Verde Telecom. Further, the availability of the technology in terms of usability by the general population is limited to two islands where cyber cafes have been established by private companies nearly to the exclusion of the others. The 30 percent of the population living below the poverty line may never be able to access such facilities, and another 12,000 families may never enjoy such communication because of the terrain that makes it impossible for electric power to be extended to them using traditional means.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Tutu, Osei Agyeman
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-06
Subjects:	ADSL, ADULT EDUCATION, ADULT LITERACY, ADULTS, ARITHMETIC, BROADBAND, BROADCAST, BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, BUSINESSES, COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, COMMUNICATION SERVICES, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES, COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTERS, CONNECTIVITY, CONTRIBUTION, CURRICULA, DEVELOPMENT BANK, DISTANCE LEARNING, DOMAIN, DROUGHTS, DSL, E-GOVERNMENT, E-MAIL, E-MAIL ADDRESSES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, EDUCATIONAL POLICY, EDUCATIONAL RADIO, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES, ELECTRICITY, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ENROLMENT FIGURES, ENROLMENT LEVEL, ENROLMENT RATE, ENROLMENT RATIOS, FAMILY LIFE, FIBRE OPTIC, FUNCTIONAL LITERACY, GENDER EQUITY, GENERAL POPULATION, GIRLS, GOVERNMENT SERVICE, HEAD TEACHERS, HEALTH EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, ICT, ID, ILLITERACY, ILLITERACY REDUCTION, INFORMATION SOCIETY, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INSTRUCTORS, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, INTRANET, IP, LEARNING, LECTURERS, LITERACY, LITERACY ACTIVITIES, LITERACY RATE, MATERIAL, MOBILE LIBRARIES, MOBILE PHONE, NON-FORMAL EDUCATION, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, POST-LITERACY, POST-LITERACY TRAINING, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY TEACHER, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, PROVISION OF EDUCATION, QUALITY TEACHING, RADIO, RADIO STATIONS, RATE OF ILLITERACY, READING, READING CULTURE, REAL ESTATE, REPEATERS, RESULT, RISK FACTORS, RURAL AREAS, SATELLITE, SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SCHOOL HEAD, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOLING, SEARCH, SEARCH ENGINE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, TARGET POPULATIONS, TEACHER, TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER RATIO, TEACHING, TEACHING METHODS, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TELECOM, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, TELEPHONE, TELEPHONE INFRASTRUCTURE, TELEPHONE SERVICE, TELEPHONE SERVICES, TELEPHONE SYSTEM, TELEPHONES, TELEVISION, TELEVISION CHANNELS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRAINEES, TRAINING CENTRE, TRAINING INSTITUTES, TRAINING SCHOOLS, TRAINING TO TEACHERS, TRANSMISSION, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, USABILITY, USERS, VOCATIONAL CENTRES, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES, VOCATIONAL SKILLS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WEB, WEB SITE, WEB SITES, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10022269/survey-ict-education-africa-cape-verde-country-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10680
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