Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde 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 re...

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Main Author:	Tutu, Osei Agyeman
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADSL ADULT EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ADULTS ARITHMETIC BROADBAND BROADCAST BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS BUSINESSES COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT COMPUTERS CONNECTIVITY CONTRIBUTION CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT BANK DISTANCE LEARNING DOMAIN DROUGHTS DSL E-GOVERNMENT E-MAIL E-MAIL ADDRESSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL RADIO EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT FIGURES ENROLMENT LEVEL ENROLMENT RATE ENROLMENT RATIOS FAMILY LIFE FIBRE OPTIC FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER EQUITY GENERAL POPULATION GIRLS GOVERNMENT SERVICE HEAD TEACHERS HEALTH EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY HUMAN RIGHTS ICT ID ILLITERACY ILLITERACY REDUCTION INFORMATION SOCIETY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTRUCTORS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS INTRANET IP LEARNING LECTURERS LITERACY LITERACY ACTIVITIES LITERACY RATE MATERIAL MOBILE LIBRARIES MOBILE PHONE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF TEACHERS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POST-LITERACY POST-LITERACY TRAINING PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY TEACHER PRIVATE SECTOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROVISION OF EDUCATION QUALITY TEACHING RADIO RADIO STATIONS RATE OF ILLITERACY READING READING CULTURE REAL ESTATE REPEATERS RESULT RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS SATELLITE SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL HEAD SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLING SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TARGET POPULATIONS TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER RATIO TEACHING TEACHING METHODS TECHNICAL EDUCATION TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE INFRASTRUCTURE TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SERVICES TELEPHONE SYSTEM TELEPHONES TELEVISION TELEVISION CHANNELS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINEES TRAINING CENTRE TRAINING INSTITUTES TRAINING SCHOOLS TRAINING TO TEACHERS TRANSMISSION UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION USABILITY USERS VOCATIONAL CENTRES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WEB WEB SITE WEB SITES YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10022269/survey-ict-education-africa-cape-verde-country-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10680

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spelling	okr-10986-106802021-04-23T14:02:51Z Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report Tutu, Osei Agyeman ADSL ADULT EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ADULTS ARITHMETIC BROADBAND BROADCAST BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS BUSINESSES COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT COMPUTERS CONNECTIVITY CONTRIBUTION CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT BANK DISTANCE LEARNING DOMAIN DROUGHTS DSL E-GOVERNMENT E-MAIL E-MAIL ADDRESSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL RADIO EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT FIGURES ENROLMENT LEVEL ENROLMENT RATE ENROLMENT RATIOS FAMILY LIFE FIBRE OPTIC FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER EQUITY GENERAL POPULATION GIRLS GOVERNMENT SERVICE HEAD TEACHERS HEALTH EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY HUMAN RIGHTS ICT ID ILLITERACY ILLITERACY REDUCTION INFORMATION SOCIETY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTRUCTORS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS INTRANET IP LEARNING LECTURERS LITERACY LITERACY ACTIVITIES LITERACY RATE MATERIAL MOBILE LIBRARIES MOBILE PHONE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF TEACHERS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POST-LITERACY POST-LITERACY TRAINING PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY TEACHER PRIVATE SECTOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROVISION OF EDUCATION QUALITY TEACHING RADIO RADIO STATIONS RATE OF ILLITERACY READING READING CULTURE REAL ESTATE REPEATERS RESULT RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS SATELLITE SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL HEAD SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLING SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TARGET POPULATIONS TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER RATIO TEACHING TEACHING METHODS TECHNICAL EDUCATION TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE INFRASTRUCTURE TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SERVICES TELEPHONE SYSTEM TELEPHONES TELEVISION TELEVISION CHANNELS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINEES TRAINING CENTRE TRAINING INSTITUTES TRAINING SCHOOLS TRAINING TO TEACHERS TRANSMISSION UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION USABILITY USERS VOCATIONAL CENTRES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WEB WEB SITE WEB SITES YOUTH 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. Cape Verde has made significant strides in the implementation of ICTs in education. The drawback of doing so has been the exorbitant cost of Internet connection and services owing to the monopoly maintained by Cabo Verde Telecom. Further, the availability of the technology in terms of usability by the general population is limited to two islands where cyber cafes have been established by private companies nearly to the exclusion of the others. The 30 percent of the population living below the poverty line may never be able to access such facilities, and another 12,000 families may never enjoy such communication because of the terrain that makes it impossible for electric power to be extended to them using traditional means. 2012-08-13T12:41:36Z 2012-08-13T12:41:36Z 2007-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10022269/survey-ict-education-africa-cape-verde-country-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10680 English InfoDev ICT and Education Series CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Africa Cape Verde
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topic	ADSL ADULT EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ADULTS ARITHMETIC BROADBAND BROADCAST BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS BUSINESSES COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT COMPUTERS CONNECTIVITY CONTRIBUTION CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT BANK DISTANCE LEARNING DOMAIN DROUGHTS DSL E-GOVERNMENT E-MAIL E-MAIL ADDRESSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL RADIO EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT FIGURES ENROLMENT LEVEL ENROLMENT RATE ENROLMENT RATIOS FAMILY LIFE FIBRE OPTIC FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER EQUITY GENERAL POPULATION GIRLS GOVERNMENT SERVICE HEAD TEACHERS HEALTH EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY HUMAN RIGHTS ICT ID ILLITERACY ILLITERACY REDUCTION INFORMATION SOCIETY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTRUCTORS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS INTRANET IP LEARNING LECTURERS LITERACY LITERACY ACTIVITIES LITERACY RATE MATERIAL MOBILE LIBRARIES MOBILE PHONE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF TEACHERS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POST-LITERACY POST-LITERACY TRAINING PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY TEACHER PRIVATE SECTOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROVISION OF EDUCATION QUALITY TEACHING RADIO RADIO STATIONS RATE OF ILLITERACY READING READING CULTURE REAL ESTATE REPEATERS RESULT RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS SATELLITE SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL HEAD SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLING SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TARGET POPULATIONS TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER RATIO TEACHING TEACHING METHODS TECHNICAL EDUCATION TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE INFRASTRUCTURE TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SERVICES TELEPHONE SYSTEM TELEPHONES TELEVISION TELEVISION CHANNELS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINEES TRAINING CENTRE TRAINING INSTITUTES TRAINING SCHOOLS TRAINING TO TEACHERS TRANSMISSION UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION USABILITY USERS VOCATIONAL CENTRES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WEB WEB SITE WEB SITES YOUTH
spellingShingle	ADSL ADULT EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ADULTS ARITHMETIC BROADBAND BROADCAST BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS BUSINESSES COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT COMPUTERS CONNECTIVITY CONTRIBUTION CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT BANK DISTANCE LEARNING DOMAIN DROUGHTS DSL E-GOVERNMENT E-MAIL E-MAIL ADDRESSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL LEVELS EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL RADIO EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT FIGURES ENROLMENT LEVEL ENROLMENT RATE ENROLMENT RATIOS FAMILY LIFE FIBRE OPTIC FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER EQUITY GENERAL POPULATION GIRLS GOVERNMENT SERVICE HEAD TEACHERS HEALTH EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY HUMAN RIGHTS ICT ID ILLITERACY ILLITERACY REDUCTION INFORMATION SOCIETY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTRUCTORS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS INTRANET IP LEARNING LECTURERS LITERACY LITERACY ACTIVITIES LITERACY RATE MATERIAL MOBILE LIBRARIES MOBILE PHONE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION NUMBER OF TEACHERS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POST-LITERACY POST-LITERACY TRAINING PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY TEACHER PRIVATE SECTOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROVISION OF EDUCATION QUALITY TEACHING RADIO RADIO STATIONS RATE OF ILLITERACY READING READING CULTURE REAL ESTATE REPEATERS RESULT RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS SATELLITE SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL HEAD SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLING SEARCH SEARCH ENGINE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TARGET POPULATIONS TEACHER TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER RATIO TEACHING TEACHING METHODS TECHNICAL EDUCATION TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE INFRASTRUCTURE TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONE SERVICES TELEPHONE SYSTEM TELEPHONES TELEVISION TELEVISION CHANNELS TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINEES TRAINING CENTRE TRAINING INSTITUTES TRAINING SCHOOLS TRAINING TO TEACHERS TRANSMISSION UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION USABILITY USERS VOCATIONAL CENTRES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WEB WEB SITE WEB SITES YOUTH Tutu, Osei Agyeman Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report
geographic_facet	Africa Africa Cape Verde
relation	InfoDev ICT and Education Series
description	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. Cape Verde has made significant strides in the implementation of ICTs in education. The drawback of doing so has been the exorbitant cost of Internet connection and services owing to the monopoly maintained by Cabo Verde Telecom. Further, the availability of the technology in terms of usability by the general population is limited to two islands where cyber cafes have been established by private companies nearly to the exclusion of the others. The 30 percent of the population living below the poverty line may never be able to access such facilities, and another 12,000 families may never enjoy such communication because of the terrain that makes it impossible for electric power to be extended to them using traditional means.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Tutu, Osei Agyeman
author_facet	Tutu, Osei Agyeman
author_sort	Tutu, Osei Agyeman
title	Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report
title_short	Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report
title_full	Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report
title_fullStr	Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report
title_full_unstemmed	Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report
title_sort	survey of ict and education in africa : cape verde country report
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/10022269/survey-ict-education-africa-cape-verde-country-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10680
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report

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