Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho 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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Main Author: Isaacs, Shafika
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/10006617/survey-ict-education-africa-lesotho-country-report
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spelling okr-10986-107042021-04-23T14:02:52Z Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho Country Report Isaacs, Shafika ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY ADULT LITERACY RATE BOARDING BOARDING FACILITIES CHURCHES CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY EDUCATION CORE CURRICULUM COSTS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CURRICULA CURRICULUM DEMONSTRATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS DIGITAL DIVIDE DISABLED PERSONS DISTANCE LEARNING EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION STRATEGY EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATORS EFFECTIVE EDUCATION EQUITABLE ACCESS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER PARITY GENDER PARITY INDEX GER GIRLS GROSS ENROLMENT GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO HIGH SCHOOLS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER LEARNING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVING ACCESS INTERNSHIPS JOB TRAINING JUNIOR SECONDARY LEADERSHIP LEARNERS LEARNING LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFELONG LEARNING LOCAL TEACHERS MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION NATIONAL LIBRARY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROVISION OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY TRAINING RADIO RETRAINING RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SKILLED PERSONNEL SKILLS TRAINING STREET CHILDREN TEACHER TEACHER SUPPLY TEACHER-TRAINING COLLEGES TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL TRAINING TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINING CENTRES TRAINING PROGRAMMES UNIVERSITIES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE CHILDREN WORD PROCESSING YOUTH 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. Despite its poor ICT infrastructure and high levels of poverty, Lesotho has begun to take the necessary steps to promote higher levels of ICT access and usage in its communities and education institutions. The Government of Lesotho has adopted a national ICT policy that makes some references to the education sector. Over the last two years, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) eSchools Demo Project in Lesotho has been a catalyst in focusing attention on the potential that ICTs hold to enhance education in the country. 2012-08-13T12:48:23Z 2012-08-13T12:48:23Z 2007-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/10006617/survey-ict-education-africa-lesotho-country-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10704 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 Lesotho
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topic ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ADULT LITERACY
ADULT LITERACY RATE
BOARDING
BOARDING FACILITIES
CHURCHES
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
CORE CURRICULUM
COSTS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
CURRICULA
CURRICULUM
DEMONSTRATION
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DIGITAL DIVIDE
DISABLED PERSONS
DISTANCE LEARNING
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STRATEGY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
EDUCATORS
EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
EQUITABLE ACCESS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FORMAL EDUCATION
FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER PARITY
GENDER PARITY INDEX
GER
GIRLS
GROSS ENROLMENT
GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER LEARNING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPROVING ACCESS
INTERNSHIPS
JOB TRAINING
JUNIOR SECONDARY
LEADERSHIP
LEARNERS
LEARNING
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFELONG LEARNING
LOCAL TEACHERS
MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION
NATIONAL LIBRARY
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROVISION OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY TRAINING
RADIO
RETRAINING
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SKILLED PERSONNEL
SKILLS TRAINING
STREET CHILDREN
TEACHER
TEACHER SUPPLY
TEACHER-TRAINING COLLEGES
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING CENTRES
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
UNIVERSITIES
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WORD PROCESSING
YOUTH
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ADULT LITERACY
ADULT LITERACY RATE
BOARDING
BOARDING FACILITIES
CHURCHES
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
CORE CURRICULUM
COSTS OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
CURRICULA
CURRICULUM
DEMONSTRATION
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DIGITAL DIVIDE
DISABLED PERSONS
DISTANCE LEARNING
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STRATEGY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
EDUCATORS
EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
EQUITABLE ACCESS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FORMAL EDUCATION
FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER PARITY
GENDER PARITY INDEX
GER
GIRLS
GROSS ENROLMENT
GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER LEARNING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPROVING ACCESS
INTERNSHIPS
JOB TRAINING
JUNIOR SECONDARY
LEADERSHIP
LEARNERS
LEARNING
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFELONG LEARNING
LOCAL TEACHERS
MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION
NATIONAL LIBRARY
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROVISION OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY TRAINING
RADIO
RETRAINING
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SKILLED PERSONNEL
SKILLS TRAINING
STREET CHILDREN
TEACHER
TEACHER SUPPLY
TEACHER-TRAINING COLLEGES
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRAINING CENTRES
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
UNIVERSITIES
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WORD PROCESSING
YOUTH
Isaacs, Shafika
Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho Country Report
geographic_facet Africa
Lesotho
relation InfoDev ICT and Education Series
description 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. Despite its poor ICT infrastructure and high levels of poverty, Lesotho has begun to take the necessary steps to promote higher levels of ICT access and usage in its communities and education institutions. The Government of Lesotho has adopted a national ICT policy that makes some references to the education sector. Over the last two years, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) eSchools Demo Project in Lesotho has been a catalyst in focusing attention on the potential that ICTs hold to enhance education in the country.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Isaacs, Shafika
author_facet Isaacs, Shafika
author_sort Isaacs, Shafika
title Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho Country Report
title_short Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho Country Report
title_full Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho Country Report
title_fullStr Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho Country Report
title_full_unstemmed Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Lesotho Country Report
title_sort survey of ict and education in africa : lesotho country report
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/10006617/survey-ict-education-africa-lesotho-country-report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10704
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