Initiative to Turn African Schools Into E-Schools

In June 2003, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) launched an e-schools initiative in an effort to enhance learning, teaching, and access to education. The project's objective is to enable an estimated 500,000 African schools to link via satellite using instruments such as computers, television and radio sets, telephones, fax scanners, digital camera, photocopiers, and communication terminals. Teachers would be trained to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a tool for enriching the teaching of other subjects.

The programme is to be implemented in 3 phases in about 15 to 20 countries over a 3-year period. Its aim is to provide every African school graduate with the basic skills and knowledge to function effectively within the economy.

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