Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cameroon 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. Cameroon is among the sub-Saharan African countries that are making enormous progress in the use of the ICTs in the various development sectors, including education. Private schools introduced ICTs into their curricula in the 1990s, but there is no specific policy guiding the teaching or use of ICTs in education, which has lead to each private school applying its own teaching method or program. ICTs were officially introduced into education in 2001 by the president. The Cyber Education Project launched since then by the government targets two sectors: secondary and tertiary education. Primary schools are not yet concerned. The project started a slowly, but is now gaining speed. The French government plays a great role in the implementation and is a major partner both financially and technically. Major achievements include establishing Multimedia Resources Centre's (MRCs) in universities, professional and technological schools, and some government secondary schools; training monitors to manage MRCs; creating learning platforms; interconnecting the six state universities; and establishing training units in professional schools and universities, some of which are now operational.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Tchinda Josue, Tetang
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, ACHIEVEMENTS, ADULT LITERACY, ADULT LITERACY RATE, CHURCHES, CIVIL SOCIETY, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, COMPUTER LITERACY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, COMPUTER TRAINING, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, DEMONSTRATION, DIGITAL DIVIDE, DISTANCE LEARNING, DISTANCE TRAINING, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION · REFORM, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, ENROLMENT RATIO, ENROLMENT RATIOS, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FEMALE ADULT LITERACY, FEMALE ADULT LITERACY RATE, FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES, GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE, HIGHER EDUCATION, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, INFORMATION SOCIETY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, LEARNERS, LEARNING, LEARNING INITIATIVES, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING RESOURCES, LECTURERS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LITERACY, LITERACY RATE, LITERATURE, MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION MINISTRY, NATIONAL LANGUAGES, NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES, NUTRITION, PAPERS, PEDAGOGY, PERFORMANCE AT SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, PUPILS, QUALITY OF LIFE, RADIO, RADIO PROGRAMME, READING, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, RESOURCE CENTRES, SCHOOL CURRICULUM, SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SCHOOL LEARNING, SCHOOLING, SCIENTIFIC TRAINING, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, STATE UNIVERSITIES, STUDENT POPULATION, TEACHER, TEACHER MANAGEMENT, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING MATERIALS, TEACHING METHOD, TEACHING METHODS, TEACHING QUALITY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY INSTITUTION, TRAINING CENTRES, TRAINING COURSES, TRAINING FACILITIES, TRAINING NEEDS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, TRAINING PROGRAMME, TRAINING RESOURCES, TRAINING SCHOOLS, TRAINING TO TEACHERS, TUITION, TUTORS, UNIVERSITIES, VIDEO-CONFERENCING, WORD PROCESSING, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH, YOUTH LITERACY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10022281/survey-ict-education-africa-cameroon-country-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10681
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