Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Uruguay (Plan Ceibal)

Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Uruguay (Plan Ceibal)

Despite many initiatives that were introduced beginning in 1990, Uruguay had had trouble implementing a national policy to introduce ICT in schools, especially in primary education. However, in 2006, a new initiative – 'Plan Ceibal' – was...

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Main Author: Severin, Eugenio
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
ICT
education technology
primary education
equality
social inclusion
secondary education
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/411931488307577684/Building-and-sustaining-national-ICT-education-agencies-lessons-from-Uruguay-Plan-Ceibal
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spelling okr-10986-262612021-05-25T08:58:18Z Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Uruguay (Plan Ceibal) Severin, Eugenio ICT education technology primary education equality social inclusion secondary education Despite many initiatives that were introduced beginning in 1990, Uruguay had had trouble implementing a national policy to introduce ICT in schools, especially in primary education. However, in 2006, a new initiative – 'Plan Ceibal' – was announced to provide laptops for all students and teachers in government- supported primary schools over a three-year period. Plan Ceibal had three pillars: (1) equity, social inclusion and equality in access to technology; (2) technology as a means to achieve these goals; and (3) education, universal law that aims to equal opportunities. The implementation phase of the Plan Ceibal was carried out in four stages, including a pilot phase that began in early 2007, As a result of the initial phases of Plan Ceibal, all of these primary schools (with subsequent stages of the project focusing on all secondary schools, teachers, students and their families) had the opportunity to use and learn with ICTs. 2017-03-15T16:21:39Z 2017-03-15T16:21:39Z 2016 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/411931488307577684/Building-and-sustaining-national-ICT-education-agencies-lessons-from-Uruguay-Plan-Ceibal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26261 English en_US SABER-ICT Technical Paper Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Uruguay
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education technology
primary education
equality
social inclusion
secondary education
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education technology
primary education
equality
social inclusion
secondary education
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Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Uruguay (Plan Ceibal)
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description Despite many initiatives that were introduced beginning in 1990, Uruguay had had trouble implementing a national policy to introduce ICT in schools, especially in primary education. However, in 2006, a new initiative – 'Plan Ceibal' – was announced to provide laptops for all students and teachers in government- supported primary schools over a three-year period. Plan Ceibal had three pillars: (1) equity, social inclusion and equality in access to technology; (2) technology as a means to achieve these goals; and (3) education, universal law that aims to equal opportunities. The implementation phase of the Plan Ceibal was carried out in four stages, including a pilot phase that began in early 2007, As a result of the initial phases of Plan Ceibal, all of these primary schools (with subsequent stages of the project focusing on all secondary schools, teachers, students and their families) had the opportunity to use and learn with ICTs.
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author Severin, Eugenio
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title Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Uruguay (Plan Ceibal)
title_short Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Uruguay (Plan Ceibal)
title_full Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Uruguay (Plan Ceibal)
title_fullStr Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Uruguay (Plan Ceibal)
title_full_unstemmed Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Uruguay (Plan Ceibal)
title_sort building and sustaining national ict/education agencies : lessons from uruguay (plan ceibal)
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/411931488307577684/Building-and-sustaining-national-ICT-education-agencies-lessons-from-Uruguay-Plan-Ceibal
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