Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Niger 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. The Republic of Niger is mostly desert and it is the poorest country in the world. Subsistence agriculture is the principal economic activity of its people who are confronted with inclement seasonal weather changes that further impact negatively on harvest volumes. The country has an underdeveloped electric power and communications infrastructure that can hamper its drive towards the deployment of ICT in the education sector and the public at large. Another challenge is the scarce financial resources that render the provision of basic educational infrastructure nearly intractable to government not to mention the supply of computers to schools. It is worthy to note, however, that the Niger government has implemented structures and made plans that should enable accelerated development in the ICT sector if the necessary donor support is found.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Tutu Agyeman, Osei
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-06
Subjects:	ADULT LEARNERS, ADULTS, ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, BACKBONE, BANDWIDTH, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION SECTOR, BUDGET ALLOCATION, CAPACITY-BUILDING, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CLASSROOMS, COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY RADIO, COMMUNITY RADIO PROJECT, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER TRAINING, COMPUTERS, CONNECTIVITY, DATA PACKETS, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DISADVANTAGED PUPILS, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GIRLS, DISPERSED POPULATIONS, DISTANCE LEARNING, DOMESTIC CHORES, DONOR SUPPORT, E-GOVERNMENT, E-LEARNING, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION TELEVISION, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, ELECTRICITY, ENROLMENT AGE, EXAMS, EXPORT EARNINGS, FIBRE OPTIC, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, GENDER EQUITY, GOVERNMENT POLICY, HIGHER EDUCATION, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ICT, ILLITERACY, INFORMATION SOCIETY, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INSTALLATION, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INSTRUCTORS, INTRANET, ISPS, JUNIOR SECONDARY, LEARNING, LECTURERS, LITERACY, LITERACY CENTRES, LITERACY RATE, LOCAL LEVEL, NETWORKS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NON-FORMAL EDUCATION, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, PARTICIPATION OF GIRLS, PCS, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOL, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALIFIED TEACHERS, RADIO, RADIOS, RESULT, RETENTION, RETENTION OF GIRLS IN SCHOOL, RISK FACTORS, RURAL AREAS, SCHOOL CALENDAR, SCHOOL DROPOUTS, SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL LEAVERS, SCHOOLS, SEARCH, SEARCH ENGINE, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SERVERS, STUDENT POPULATION, TEACHER, TEACHER RECRUITMENT, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER-TRAINING COLLEGES, TEACHING, TECHNICAL TRAINING, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, TELECOM, TELEPHONE, TELEPHONE LINES, TELEPHONE SERVICES, TELEVISIONS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRAINING CENTRE, TRAINING CENTRES, TRAINING SERVICES, TRANSMISSION, UNIVERSITIES, VIDEO, VIDEO-CONFERENCE, VIDEO-CONFERENCING, VOIP, VSAT, WEB, WEB SITE, WRITING SKILLS, YOUTH, YOUTH LITERACY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10003199/survey-ict-education-africa-niger-country-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10661
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