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 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/2007/06/10022281/survey-ict-education-africa-cameroon-country-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10681 |
| 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. 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. |
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