Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Benin 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 iss...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10022266/survey-ict-education-africa-benin-country-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10679 |
| Summary: | 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. Benin was the first
country in West Africa to connect to the internet, which it
did in 1995. However the weak legal and investment framework
stalled progress and development of its ICT sector.
Currently, deployment and integration of ICTs in education
are at their lowest from the primary to the tertiary levels.
While donor support helped realize some amount of meaningful
connectivity to the internet, the necessary contribution
from ministerial and government agency sources that should
have contributed to advance the cause failed because they
were inept at delivering on their assigned roles.
Connectivity to the Third Semi-arid Tropics (SAT-3)
submarine cable has made permanent connection to the
internet via Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) a
possibility and has reduced service charges considerably.
This may provide a way forward from a seemingly intractable situation. |
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