ICTs for Education in Africa

The 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).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Souter, David, Adam, Lishan, Butcher, Neil, Sibthorpe, Claire, Tusubira, Tusu
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO LEARNING, ACCESS TO SCHOOLS, ACHIEVEMENTS, BANDWIDTH, BARRIERS TO ENTRY, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION PROJECT, BEST PRACTICE, BLOG, BROADBAND, CAPABILITIES, CAPABILITY, CAPACITY BUILDING, CERTIFICATE, CERTIFICATES, CLASS TIME, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM TEACHING, COLLABORATIVE LEARNING, COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVENESS, COMPUTER LITERACY, CONNECTIVITY, CONTENT SOURCES, COUNTRY CASE STUDIES, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, DATA NETWORKS, DATABASE ADMINISTRATORS, DECENTRALIZATION, DIGITIZATION, DISTANCE EDUCATION, DOMAINS, E-LEARNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION DATA, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION INDICATORS, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION PROJECTS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STRATEGY, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATORS, EQUIPMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, GENDER EQUALITY, GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE, GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, HIGHER EDUCATION, HUMAN CAPACITY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, ICT, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INNOVATION, INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INTERVENTIONS, KNOWLEDGE BASE, KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES, KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, LEADERSHIP, LEARNERS, LEARNING, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LEARNING RESOURCES, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, MATERIAL, MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION, MOBILE DEVICES, MOBILE PHONES, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, NETWORKS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ONLINE TRAINING, PILOT PROJECTS, POLICY FRAMEWORK, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY LEARNING, QUALITY LEARNING MATERIALS, READING, REGIONAL EDUCATION, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, RESULT, RESULTS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SEARCH, SERVICE TRAINING, SHORT COURSES, SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS, TEACHER, TEACHER COMPETENCE, TEACHER DEVELOPMENT, TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES, TEACHER-LEARNERS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, UNIVERSITIES, USABILITY, VIDEO, VIDEO-CONFERENCING, WEB, WIRELESS ACCESS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19556540/icts-education-africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19024
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