3.5.5.3 Objectives
a) To ensure that ICT is an integral part of the national education systems to
expand quality ICT education and make it accessible.
b) To ensure that application and usage of basic computer literacy is accessed
by broadening ICT culture and awareness through universal education.
c) To develop standards of evaluation and guidelines for the development
and exploitation of ICT in schools, colleges and universities.
d) To facilitate favorable conditions to women, disabled and special groups
of the society for unhindered access to ICT by providing the necessary
training and skills.
e) To promote Internet-connected schools and higher education institution to
speed up and support mass ICT literacy effort in the society.
f) To transform the existing traditional public libraries into a digitally
networked system of libraries using ICT, and establish a new ones.
g) To broaden access to education and training opportunities by promoting
electronic distance education and virtual learning.
h) To promote private sector participation in ICT-related education and
training in secondary and tertiary education.
i) To collaborate with the private sector, bilateral, and multilateral
organizations and institutions in promoting ICT-related education and
training within the country.
3.5.5.4
a)
Strategies
Upgrade schools curricula to include ICT education in colleges and
universities.
b)
Achieve a critical mass of computer literate ICT teachers by availing
training to teachers, as well as, improving their working conditions.
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