Establishment of Namibian digital education library on agenda of today’s meeting in Windhoek
19-08-2010 (Windhoek)
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The Ministry of Education of Namibia, in cooperation with the UNESCO Office in Windhoek, is hosting a meeting on the possibility to create a digital education library for Namibia. The meeting is taking place today in Windhoek to discuss the Namibian Digital Education Library Needs Assessment, commissioned by UNESCO and prepared by Open Learning Exchange.
The Needs Assessment presents an analysis of the implementation of digital education library for Namibia and attempts to briefly review Namibia’s ICT and education policy, past key developments and initiatives employing ICT in education, as well as the current ICT and education landscape.
The analysis emphasises that Namibia is well positioned to undertake the digital education library project, which will enable it to become a model for e-learning in the Southern African region. The existence of several complementary projects, strong governance bodies, detailed policy instruments and specific institutions with e-learning mandates further increases the ability of Namibia to successfully implement this project.
Namibia is often cited as being well ahead of other African countries in terms of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), the commitment to ICT in education, a clear ICT policy and infrastructure. The country has set the development goal of high-quality education that would prepare students to actively participate in a knowledge-based economy and transform Namibia into a technology-driven nation.
In order to achieve the social and economic development, considerable resources must be put into the improvement of the education sector. Namibia has designed the 15-year Education Training Sector Improvement Plan (ETSIP) that recognises the importance of ICT in education.
UNESCO contributes to the establishment of the digital education library for Namibia in the framework of its activities aimed at supporting Member States in developing strategies for the use of ICT in knowledge acquisition and sharing.
The Namibian Digital Education Library Needs Assessment is available for download in PDF format below.
The analysis emphasises that Namibia is well positioned to undertake the digital education library project, which will enable it to become a model for e-learning in the Southern African region. The existence of several complementary projects, strong governance bodies, detailed policy instruments and specific institutions with e-learning mandates further increases the ability of Namibia to successfully implement this project.
Namibia is often cited as being well ahead of other African countries in terms of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), the commitment to ICT in education, a clear ICT policy and infrastructure. The country has set the development goal of high-quality education that would prepare students to actively participate in a knowledge-based economy and transform Namibia into a technology-driven nation.
In order to achieve the social and economic development, considerable resources must be put into the improvement of the education sector. Namibia has designed the 15-year Education Training Sector Improvement Plan (ETSIP) that recognises the importance of ICT in education.
UNESCO contributes to the establishment of the digital education library for Namibia in the framework of its activities aimed at supporting Member States in developing strategies for the use of ICT in knowledge acquisition and sharing.
The Namibian Digital Education Library Needs Assessment is available for download in PDF format below.
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