Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Mauritania 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. Mauritania's approach to the implementation of ICTs in the educational and public sectors has been to use the Universite de Nouakchott as the focal point of its activities to enhance the usage of these technologies in the youth and the administration of the country in future. The university is providing the leadership, plans, training, and management of the entire process. With the growth of the country's oil industry, financial constraints that previously could have impeded the country's drive towards its connectivity objectives will be reduced; this should help to advance the rollout of its Internet connectivity and electrification programmes. Challenges include the relatively low number of secondary schools, and corresponding low enrolment levels, which adversely impact the numbers of people who will become computer literate in the near-term, since the country's educational ICT development programme focuses mainly on the secondary and tertiary education sectors.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Tutu, Osei Agyeman
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO DATA, ADSL, ADULT LEARNING, ADULT LITERACY, BANDWIDTH, BRAIN DRAIN, BROADCAST, CAPACITY-BUILDING, CIVIC EDUCATION, CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLASSROOMS, COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS, COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE, COMPULSORY SCHOOLING, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS, COMPUTER SCIENTISTS, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, COMPUTER TECHNICIANS, COMPUTERS, CONNECTIVITY, CONSUMER RIGHTS, CURRICULA, DEVELOPMENT OF WEB, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GIRLS, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, E-COMMERCE, E-COMMERCE SYSTEM, E-GOVERNMENT, E-LEARNING, EARLY MARRIAGES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STRATEGIES, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATIONAL REFORM, EDUCATIONAL REFORMS, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY, EMPLOYMENT, ENROLMENT LEVELS, ENROLMENT RATE, ETHNIC LANGUAGES, FEMALE LITERACY, FEMALE LITERACY RATE, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, GENDER DISPARITY, GENDER DISPARITY IN EDUCATION, GIRLS, GOVERNMENT POLICY, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, HIGHER EDUCATION, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY, ICT, ILLITERACY, ILLITERATE ADULT POPULATION, INFORMAL EDUCATION, INFORMATION ACCESS, INFORMATION SOCIETY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTION, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTRUCTORS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION, INTERNET POLICIES, JUNIOR SECONDARY, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LIBRARIES, LITERACY, LITERACY RATE, LOW ENROLMENT, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MOBILE TELEPHONE, MOBILE TELEPHONES, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL LANGUAGE, NATIONAL LANGUAGES, NETWORKS, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW TECHNOLOGY, NOMADIC COMMUNITIES, NOMADIC POPULATIONS, NON-FORMAL EDUCATION, NURSERY EDUCATION, PENETRATION RATE, PHONE LINES, PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY ENROLMENT, PRIMARY ENROLMENT RATE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS, PRIVACY, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PRIVATE SECTORS, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, QUALITY OF TEACHING, RADIO, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RESEARCH COMMUNITIES, RESEARCHERS, RESULT, RURAL AREAS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SCHOOL GRADUATES, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOLS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, SEARCH, SEARCH ENGINE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STUDENT POPULATION, TARGETS, TEACHER, TEACHER-TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TELECOM, TELECOMMUNICATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELEPHONE, TELEPHONE INFRASTRUCTURE, TELEPHONE SERVICES, TELEPHONES, TELEVISION, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY EDUCATION SECTORS, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, TERTIARY SYSTEM, TRADE INFORMATION, TRAINING WORKSHOPS, TRUANCY, USERS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WEB, WEB CONTENT, WEB SITE, WOMEN TEACHERS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10006904/survey-ict-education-africa-mauritania-country-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10667
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