SURVEY OF ICT AND EDUCATION IN AFRICA - infoDev

“Mkusanyiko on School Networking. SchoolNet Africa.” 2004. SchoolNet Africa www.schoolnetafrica.org/422.0html.A compendium of schoolnet and related projects in operation throughout Africa during 2003/2004.“National Initiatives Concerning the ICT and Education/Training—Ghana.” 2000. InFocus Programme onSkills, Knowledge and Employability, International Labour Office. http://www.logos-net.net/ilo/150_base/en/topic_n/t8_gha.htm.An overview of initiatives in Ghana as of 2000.Odhiambo, O. October 31, 2006. “Landlocked country may soon become top ICT hub in Africa.” TheDaily Nation. http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=39&newsid=84493.All public schools in Rwanda are expected to join the information super-highway by the end of next year.Potter, C. and G. Naidoo. May 2006. “Using Interactive Radio to Enhance Classroom Learning and ReachSchools, Classrooms, Teachers, and Learners.” Distance Education. 27 (1) : 63–86. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cdie/2006/00000027/00000001/art00005.This article provides a case study of the development of the Open Learning Systems Education Trust’s “Englishin Action” programme in South Africa from 1993 to the end of 2004.SchoolNet South Africa, 2003, 2004, and 2005. “Intel Teach to the Future Evaluation.. www.school.org.za/research/index.html.Successive evaluation reports of the first three yearsof the Intel Teach to the Future programme in South Africa.SchoolNet South Africa. 2002. “Audit of Major Educational ICT Projects in South Africa: World EconomicForum Global Digital Divide Initiative.”This audit provides an overview of 34 different projects involved with ICTs in education in South AfricaSeifu, S. May 2006. “How Soon Is Too Soon? Introducing Technology in Primary School Classrooms.”http://topics.developmentgateway.org/elearning/rc/filedownload.do?itemId=1075152.A case study reviewing the challenges, rewards, and lessons learned from a two-year project of introducing theconcept of technology to the rural least-privileged schools of Rwanda.“Somali Interactive Radio Instruction Program (SIRIP).” International Education Systems. http://ies.edc.org/ourwork/project.php?id=3734.Building on the success of the previous Interactive Radio Instruction for Somalis, SIRIP has a series ofinteractive radio instruction programmes for students in Grades 1 to 6.South Africa Department of Education. 2002. “Audit of Selected Educational ICT Projects in SouthAfrica.”wef-ict-audit-final.doc.A bit dated, but a useful overview of key ICT4E projects in the schools sector in South Africa.South Africa Draft ICT in Education Implementation Plan. 2006. National Department of Education.The document provides information on the status of access to and use of ICTs in South African schools and aproposed strategy to improve access, use and integration in learning and teaching.South African Institute for Distance Education. 2005. “Online Access and Connectivity of Primary SchoolTeachers in Sub-Saharan Africa.” SAIDE, Johannesburg, South Africa. www.saide.org.za/This is a report on desktop research on access to on-line resources by teachers in Africa focusing on Kenya,Nigeria, South Africa, and Tanzania.“State of the Art telecentre in Tunisia.” 2006. telecentre.org. www.telecentre.org/en-tc/node/15674.The Centre National Informartique Pour l’Enfance and the Centre National Informartique Pourl’Handicappe in Tunisia has branches in the 24 governorates of Tunis that allow children access to ICTtraining in multimedia and the Internet.“Timebound Program on Eliminating Child Labor in Tanzania.”. 2002–2006. International EducationSystems (IES). http://ies.edc.org/ourwork/project.php?id=3224&topic=13.A report of an interactive radio instruction series called Mambo Elimu that reached approximately 10,000children in Tanzania who had no access to formal education. A similar project has been conducted in Somalia.World Links. 2006. “Global Report 2006. www.world-links.org/images/stories/Documents/global%20report.pdf. World Bank, Washington, USA.This report assesses the work of the World Links programme during the eight-year period leading up to 2006. Ithighlights a few case studies in Africa.www.infodev.org ANNEX 2: A Selected Bibliography of ICT in Education in Africa 51