With the proliferation of Internet cafes, including in populated neighborhoods of our cities and villages, the word Internet has experienced a great socialization. This name is no more new for children still in primary or for the elderly and housewives who have never used a keyboard.
But this final registration in the usual language of a term borrowed from another language conceals the use of this new means of communication, entertainment and training a reality. If students draw documents (...)
APA-Douala (Cameroon) The rate of accessibility of Cameroonians to ICT remains low, since only 5 percent of the country’s population on about 17 million people have access, according to the National Agency of information technology and communication (ANTIC).
This low access rate to ICT, according to ANTIC and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, is justified largely by access prices quite high in terms of average incomes of Cameroonians.
According to testimonies, one hour of (...)
Distance learning is about to replace the classic learning system. It became the keystone for the reduction of poverty and the digital divide between north and south.
The distance learning center / Senegal (Ced) carried on last Wednesday, the official presentation of diplomas and certificates of auditors in the presence of Kalidou Diallo, Minister responsible for preschool education , and Abdoul Aziz Sow, Minister of Information and Spokesman of Government. A total of 60 recipients from (...)
Parents may fear the Internet is killing their child’s reading bug, but it is actually encouraging them to read, a new study found.
The majority of kids, 62%, would rather read a book on paper than on the Internet, and even more, 68%, said they love or like reading books for fun, according to the 2008 Kids & Family Reading Report.
Since kids use the Web to check out author sites, book reviews and other online literary tools, the report suggests the Internet encourages reading.
’Despite the (...)
The team led by our compatriot has given to the organization, new dynamism and a financial balance that it has not known over the past two decades.
On November 2006, our compatriot Hamadoun Toure was elected as Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). In taking office, Hamadoun Toure did not hide his ambitions for this organization. The new Secretary General of ITU had then promised to work to make the institution prestigious so as to restore its image as a (...)
Junior High School Students now have the opportunity to learn science and math, as well as basic computer skills by themselves following the launch of a self-teaching software.
The software: Soft Science Volume 1, Soft clips Volume 1 & 2 and a book on how to study effectively and become successful were developed by Mr Justice Annan, Project Officer of the Creator’s Computer Clinic, an Information Communication Technology (ICT) based organization.
The software is in consonance with the Ghana (...)
The Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5) has brought together over 700 delegates from 70 countries. Discussions concluded on Thursday, 17 July, with a closing keynote address by Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of COL, summarising the Forum discussions and the key issues that arose. Around 300 full papers presented at the Forum are available on our WikiEducator pages. We also offer reports on more than 60 sessions that formed part of the PCF5 programme, with further (...)
The post of the Chief of the ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section is presently open for recruitment at the Information Society Division of UNESCO’s Communication and Information Sector.
The major responsibilities of the post are the planning, implementation and evaluation of the strategy, regular programme activities and extrabudgetary projects of the Section.
More particularly, the incumbent of the post will provide intellectual, strategic and operational (...)
