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Improving education - In a study on ICT adoption and the digital divide, it was found that the usage of computers and Internet access is directly linked to education. If the growth of the Internet aligns with mobile emergence in the early 2000s, then it is projected that ICT can add approximately $300 billion to Africa's GDP by the year 2025 ...
ISKME also established OER partnerships in K-12 and higher education with OpenStax, [13] NAACP, [14] the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), [15] UNESCO on their ICT Competency Framework for Teachers, [16] and the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). [17]
UNESCO takes a holistic and comprehensive approach to promote ICT in education. Access, inclusion, and quality are among the main challenges they can address. The Organization's Intersectoral Platform for ICT in education focuses on these issues through the joint work of three of its sectors: Communication & Information, Education and Science. [26]
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan addressing the 6th session of the UN ICT Task Force in New York City, March 25, 2004. The United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (UN ICT TF) was a multi-stakeholder initiative associated with the United Nations which is "intended to lend a truly global dimension to the multitude of efforts to bridge the global digital divide, foster ...
UNESCO supports adult education, especially women's education in Africa. [64] Some schools in Africa, like Loveth International Schools, primarily help girls lacking support to attend school to come to their boarding schools. Malawi is also improving the education of impoverished girls who have lost their parents to HIV. [65]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO / j uː ˈ n ɛ s k oʊ /) [2] [a] is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) 2005–2014 was an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiative of the United Nations. The Decade was delivered by UNESCO as lead agency, and gave rise to Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) networks, and the GUPES universities' partnership.
OER Africa is an initiative established by the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide) to play a leading role in driving the development and use of OER across all education sectors on the African continent. [118] The OER4Schools project focusses on the use of Open Educational Resources in teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa.