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17<br />

FIGURE 17.3:<br />

Electricity access does not automatically translate to internet access in schools<br />

Proportion of schools with electricity <strong>and</strong> internet, primary <strong>and</strong> secondary schools, selected countries, 2009–2014<br />

100<br />

Schools with electricity <strong>and</strong> internet (%)<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

Electricity<br />

Internet<br />

0<br />

Madagascar<br />

Liberia<br />

Guinea<br />

Guatemala<br />

Nepal<br />

Suriname<br />

Kyrgyzstan<br />

Cambodia<br />

Paraguay<br />

S. Tome/Principe<br />

Sri Lanka<br />

Gambia<br />

Ecuador<br />

El Salvador<br />

Azerbaijan<br />

Palestine<br />

Argentina<br />

Bhutan<br />

Brazil<br />

Egypt<br />

Turks/Caicos Is<br />

Trinidad/Tobago<br />

Montserrat<br />

Qatar<br />

Grenada<br />

St. Vincent/Grenad.<br />

Colombia<br />

Dominica<br />

Oman<br />

Jordan<br />

Iran, Isl. Rep.<br />

Antigua/Barbuda<br />

Malaysia<br />

Mongolia<br />

Mauritius<br />

Uruguay<br />

Thail<strong>and</strong><br />

Maldives<br />

Singapore<br />

Rep. of Korea<br />

Hong Kong, China<br />

Brunei Daruss.<br />

Georgia<br />

Armenia<br />

Source: UIS database.<br />

Secondary<br />

Primary<br />

Oman<br />

Egypt<br />

Turks/Caicos Is<br />

Trinidad/Tobago<br />

Sint Maarten<br />

St Vincent/Grenad.<br />

Saint Lucia<br />

St Kitts/Nevis<br />

Montserrat<br />

Jamaica<br />

Grenada<br />

Dominica<br />

Curaçao<br />

Cuba<br />

Cayman Is<br />

Br. Virgin Is<br />

Barbados<br />

Bahamas<br />

Aruba<br />

Antigua/Barbuda<br />

Anguilla<br />

Kyrgyzstan<br />

Georgia<br />

Armenia<br />

Belarus<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

3:1 promote collaborative learning. In many developing<br />

countries, however, the number of learners per computer<br />

may be so high that time on task per pupil is too limited.<br />

In Guinea <strong>and</strong> Madagascar, the pupil/computer ratio<br />

was at least 500:1. In most countries, pupil/computer<br />

ratios decrease from primary to secondary education.<br />

For example, in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the pupil/<br />

computer ratio was 83:1 in primary education, 28:1 in<br />

lower secondary education <strong>and</strong> 17:1 in upper secondary<br />

education in 2012 (Figure 17.4).<br />

Several countries have invested in well-publicized<br />

projects to increase computer availability. Rw<strong>and</strong>a<br />

has reduced its pupil/computer ratio in primary <strong>and</strong><br />

secondary schools as part of the One Laptop per<br />

Child project, which manufactures low cost, durable<br />

computers for schools in developing countries. Georgia<br />

reduced its ratio from more than 200:1 in 2004 to 7:1<br />

in 2012 as a result of spearheading the ambitious Deer<br />

Leap programme to ensure computers were placed in all<br />

schools (UIS, 2014b).<br />

However, national averages mask differences within<br />

countries. In China, computer availability is twice as high in<br />

2016 • GLOBAL EDUCATION MONITORING REPORT 313

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