ICTs in Education (ICT4E) Policies and Plans by country



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ICTs in Education (ICT4E) Policies and Plans worldwide

Version 25/August/09 (full country list, 193 countries and territories)

Author: Roxana Bassi, ICT Specialist, Global e-schools and Communities Initiative, Roxana.Bassi@,

Please Note

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We have tried to make the list as inclusive as possible, with examples from all over the world. However, we are probably missing additional examples. If you find any error or want to add/update any information please write to us (roxana.bassi@). Sites highlighted in yellow were temporarily down at some point during the update process.

Objective

To enhance the reach and quality of teaching and learning through the effective use of ICTs, policy makers need to be aware of how to best utilize ICTs to create value-add for their country’s education system. A supportive policy environment and framework, developed at the national level is key to the successful integration of ICTs into any education system.

This document is a compilation of available worldwide ICT4E policies and plans, at both a national and Ministry of Education level (where available).

What are ICT Policies?

“Policy is a set of principles or a broad course of action that guides the behaviour of governments, organizations, corporations and individuals. It bridges the gap between the vision of where we want to be and the plans that enable us to get there. For governments, policy is a tool to promote national vision and the basis for the legislation and regulation through which it is implemented.

National ICT policy exploits information and communication technologies to further national economic and social goals. It matches the economic and social environment in which it is to be implemented. ICT policies differ from country to country depending upon national priorities, the country’s level of development, the extent of ICT infrastructure, geography and demographics and the extent of regional integration. Some common principles guide all good ICT policy.”

Excerpt from “WHAT IS ICT POLICY” by Kate Wild, APC

What are ICT4E policies?

“The provision of technology alone will not optimally harness the potential of ICTs to improve access, student achievement and the transformation of teaching and learning. To take full advantage of the different technologies and to direct their maximum use for the benefit of all students, there needs to be a clear framework which sets the scene and provides the enabling environment for technologies to be integrated, deployed and used to their fullest potential. The ICT in Education Policy can provide such a framework.”

Excerpt from GeSCI’s ICT & the Third Revolution in Education Policy by Patti Swarts

Notes about this list:

• The list is indexed alphabetically by country name. It includes a link to the Ministry of Education (or equivalent government bodies) and to the educative portal.

• The list includes the National ICT policy (when available) and describes the components that relate to education. Sometimes the policy for education is part of a national ICT strategy/policy. In cases where we have been able to identify specific Policies or Plans in education (ICT4E), we have done so.

• Please note that some federal countries do not have a policy per se, but a “plan”- e.g. In the US, there is a national plan and each state then develops its own technology plan. Some other examples are Brazil, Australia, Spain, Germany and Canada. In these countries, the states have their own ICT policies and plans, and the central government usually develops an over-arching/ national policy, guidelines, action plan or strategic plan.

• Languages of the sites and documents are indicated where there is content other than in English available.

• The year if creation of each document is also indicated where available.

• This document is distributed in MS Word format so that the hypertext links are accessible.

• At the end of the document you can find a list interesting resources for ICTs in Education Policy development.

Summary of the collected information

Total number of countries and territories listed: 193

• Africa: 51

• Asia: 49

• America: 22 central, 3 north, 12 south

• Europe: 43

• Oceania: 13

| |Country | MoE website |Educational Portal |ICT/ICT4E Policies and Plans |Policy Content / Notes |

|EUR|Albania – Republic of Albania |Ministry of Education and | |National Information and Communication |Contents: basic computer literacy, infrastructure, curricula, |

|OPE|last updated: Oct 08 |Science (English / Tosk) | |Technologies Strategy (2003) |distance learning |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National Education Strategy 2004-2015 | |

|AFR|Algeria – People's Democratic |Ministère de l’éducation | |National ICT policy for |Contents: teacher training, e-learning, curricula update |

|ICA|Republic of Algeria |nationale (Arabic / | |educational development (2002) (document not |The Ministry of Education has apparently been pursuing a program |

| |last updated: Mar 09 |French) | |yet found) |of equipping schools with computers and internet access. |

| | | | | |(WikiEducator) |

|EUR|Andorra – Principality of Andorra |Ministra d’Educació, |Clau Digital (catalan) | | |

|OPE|last updated: Aug 09 |Formació Professional, | | | |

| | |Joventut i Esports | | | |

| | |(catala) | | | |

|AFR|Angola – Republic of Angola |Ministério da Educação | |Plano Educação para Todos 2001 - 2015 (2001, |Content: best practices. |

|ICA|last updated: Mar 09 |(Portuguese) | |Portuguese) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Strategy for The Development of Information | |

| | | | |technology 2000-2010 (link not found, | |

| | | | |) | |

|C.A|Anguilla |Ministry of Social | |Education development Plan 2005-2010 – (Draft |Content: curricula, technical support |

|MER|last updated: Oct 08 |Development, Education | |, 2004) | |

| | |department | | | |

| | | | |ICT Agenda | |

|C.A|Antigua and Barbuda |Ministry of Education. | |Information & Communications Technology (ICT) |Content: curricula, teacher training, instruction, assessment, |

|MER|last updated: Oct 08 |Culture & Technology (no | |Draft Policy (2002-2006) |support, sustainability, equipment, software development |

| | |site found) | | | |

| | | | |Information & communications technology (ict) | |

| | | | |Policies and strategies for implementation for| |

| | | | |the education system in antigua & barbuda | |

| | | | |(2003) | |

|S.A|Argentina – Argentine Republic |Ministerio de Educación |Educ.ar (Spanish) | |No policy known. |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(Spanish) | | |No national ICT policy known. |

|ASI|Armenia – Republic of Armenia |Ministry of Education and | |Project Development Objective (2003) |Content: school infrastructure, curricula, ICT training, teacher |

|A |last updated: Oct 08 |Science (Armenian) | | |training |

|OCE|Australia – Commonwealth of |Department of Education, | |States have their own ICT4E policies. However,|Content: infrastructure, online content, teacher training, |

|AN |Australia |Science and Training | |the government published an “Action Plan” in |policies |

| |last updated: Apr 09 | | |2000 to provide some guidance for the states. | |

| | |Australian Information and| | | |

| | |Communications Technology | | | |

| | |in Education Committee | | | |

| | |(AICTEC) | | | |

|EUR|Austria – Republic of Austria |Federal Ministry for | |i2010 Austria |Contents: School connectivity, online material, portal, |

|OPE|last updated: Mar 09 |Education, the Arts and | | |media-literacy and e-literacy, adult education |

| | |Culture (English / German)| | | |

|ASI|Azerbaijan – Republic of |Ministry of Education | |National ICT4D Strategy (2003-2012) |Content: Infrastructure, content, teacher training, curricula, ICT|

|A |Azerbaijan |(Azeri) | | |literacy |

| |last updated: Oct 08 | | |Education Sector Development Project for | |

| | | | |Azerbaijan | |

|C.A|Bahamas, The – Commonwealth of The|Ministry of Education | |Policy Statement on Electronic Commerce and |Content: ICT literacy, school infrastructure, future policy |

|MER|Bahamas | | |the Bahamian Digital Agenda (2003) | |

| |last updated: Aug 09 | | | | |

|ASI|Bahrain – Kingdom of Bahrain |Ministry of Education | | |Though no policy document has been found, a report of 2004 |

|A |last updated: Mar 09 |(Arabic / English) | | |mentions some of the initiatives. |

|ASI|Bangladesh – People's Republic of |Ministry of Education | |National Information and Communication |Content: ICTs in education, distance training, connectivity for |

|A |Bangladesh | | |Technology (ICT) Policy (2008) |schools, R&D |

| |last updated: Mar 09 |Ministry of Primary and | | | |

| | |mass education | |Education for All - National Plan of Action | |

| | | | |(NPA II) 2003-2015 | |

|C.A|Barbados |Ministry of Education, | |Education Sector Enhancement Programme - |Content: school infrastructure and connectivity, teacher training |

|MER|last updated: Dec 08 |Youth Affairs & Sports | |"Edutech" (2001) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Draft National Strategic ICT plan (2005) | |

|EUR|Belarus – Republic of Belarus |Ministry of Education | |Integrated Information Systems Education of |Content: school infrastructure and connectivity, networking and |

|OPE|last updated: Oct 08 |(Belarusian / English) | |the Republic of Belarus for 2007-2010 |content. |

| | | | |(Russian, 2007) | |

|EUR|Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium |Ministry of the Flemish | |ICT Policy and related documents (2004) |Content: ICT competencies, curricula, infrastructure |

|OPE|last updated: Mar 09 |Community, Department of | | | |

| | |Education (Flemish / | |ICT policy vision paper (2002) | |

| | |English) | | | |

| | | | |Report: ICT policies in education (2006) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Competences for the knowledge society | |

| | | | |ICT in education initiative | |

| | | | |2007 - 2009 | |

|C.A|Belize |Ministry of Education |Ceducar (Spanish) |Action Plan 2005 – 2010 |Content: teacher training, ICT in the curricula, special needs |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(English) | | |education |

|AFR|Benin – Republic of Benin |Ministère de | |Education Plan 2006-2015 (French, 2006) |Content: infrastructure, curricula |

|ICA|last updated: Mar 09 |l’Enseignement Supérieur | | | |

| | |et de la Recherche | |Bénin 2025: une société de l’information | |

| | |Scientifique (MESFP) | |solidaire, épanouie et ouverte (French) | |

| | |(French) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Ministère des | | | |

| | |Enseignements Primaire et | | | |

| | |secondaire (MEPS) (French)| | | |

|ASI|Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan |Ministry of Education | |Information and Communications Technology |Content: Computer literacy, connectivity, teacher training, |

|A |last updated: Oct 08 | | |Policy and Strategies (BIPS) (2004) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Education Sector Strategy (2006) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Education Sector Strategy (Realizing Vision | |

| | | | |2020) | |

|S.A|Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia |Ministerio de Educación y |EducaBolivia (Spanish) |Estrategia Boliviana de Tecnologías de la |Content: electronic content, connectivity, access center, |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |Culturas (Spanish) | |información y la comunicación (2005, spanish) |educational portal |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Política nacional de nuevas tecnologías de la | |

| | | | |información y comunicación (ntic’s) para la | |

| | | | |educación (2005) | |

|EUR|Bosnia and Herzegovina |Federal Ministry of | | | |

|OPE|last updated: Apr 09 |Education and Science | | | |

| | |(Ulaz) | | | |

|AFR|Botswana – Republic of Botswana |Ministry of Education |Thuto Net |National Information and Communications |Content: ICT resource centers, infrastructure, school |

|ICA|last updated: July 09 |(Setswana / english) | |Technology (ICT) Policy (2007) |connectivity, networking, library connectivity, professional |

| | | | | |development, curriculum and content development, tertiary |

| | | | |Maitlamo (process to generate policy) |education, and private sector training. |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Vision 2016 | |

|S.A|Brazil – Federative Republic of |Ministério da Educação |Portal de Conteúdos |Nacional Educational Plan (Portuguese, 2001) |Content: connectivity, curricula, teacher training, minorities, |

|MER|Brazil |(Portuguese) |Educacionais do MEC | |distance learning |

| |last updated: Aug 09 | |(Portuguese) | | |

|ASI|Brunei – Negara Brunei Darussalam |Ministry of Education | | | |

|A |last updated: May 09 | | | | |

|EUR|Bulgaria – Republic of Bulgaria |Ministry of education and |Educational Portal for |National Strategy for Information Society |Content: infrastructure, ICT training, teacher training, |

|OPE|last updated: Aug 09 |Science (Bulgarian) |students (bulgarian) |development (2001) |standards, M&E, |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National educational strategy in information | |

| | | | |and communication technologies (Bulgarian) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National Strategy for implementation of ICT in| |

| | | | |education (bulgarian) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National Program for Accelerated Development | |

| | | | |of Information Society | |

| | | | |in Bulgaria (2007) | |

|AFR|Burkina Faso |Ministère de | |ICT Policy being developed by Délégation |Content: school infrastructure and connectivity |

|ICA|last updated: May 09 |l'enseignement de base et | |Générale à l’Informatique (French) | |

| | |de l'alphabétisation | | | |

| | |(French) | |Plan de development de l'information et de | |

| | | | |communication du Burkina Faso 2000-2004 (2000,| |

| | |Ministère des | |French) | |

| | |enseignements secondaire, | | | |

| | |supérieur et de la | | | |

| | |recherche scientifique | | | |

| | |(French) | | | |

|AFR|Burundi – Republic of Burundi |Ministère de l'Education | |National ICT development policy (2007) | |

|ICA|last updated: Dec 08 |nationale et de la culture| | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |(French) | | | |

|ASI|Cambodia – Kingdom of Cambodia |Ministry of Education, | |Policy and Strategies on Information and |Content: human resources, hardware, infrastructure, local content,|

|A |last updated: May 09 |Youth and Sports | |Communication Technology in |open source software, knowledge management, distance education, |

| | |(English/Khmer) | |Education in Cambodia (2005) |partnerships. |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Draft ICT Policy (outdated?) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Education Strategic Plan 2006-2010 | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Best Practices of ICT in Education in Cambodia| |

| | | | |(2008) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National ICT policy (about to be approved by | |

| | | | |the National Assembly dec 2008) | |

|AFR|Cameroon – Republic of Cameroon |Ministère de | |National Education Strategy (2006, French) |Content: curricula, infrastructure |

|ICA|last updated: Ju;y 09 |l'enseignement supérieur | | | |

| | |(French / English) | |Plan national des infrastructures | |

| | | | |De la communication et de | |

| | | | |L’information (French) | |

|N.A|Canada |Each province has it own | |Each state has its own plan. Example: Learning|Education is administered by each state. |

|MER|last updated: Apr 09 |Ministry: | |and technology policy framework - State of | |

| | |Ontario: Ministry of | |Alberta (2005) | |

| | |Education (English / | | | |

| | |French) | | | |

|AFR|Cape Verde – Republic of Cape |Ministério da Educação e | |Educational Strategy 2006 -2011 (Portuguese, |Content: tele education, educational network, school |

|ICA|Verde |Ensino Superior | |2007) |infrastructure |

| |last updated: Apr 09 |(Portuguese) | | | |

| | | | |Plan National de Développement | |

| | |Instituto Superior de | |d’Infrastructure des Technologies | |

| | |Educação (Portuguese) | |d’Information et Communication (year 2000, | |

| | | | |French) | |

|AFR|Central African Republic |Ministère de l'Education | | | |

|ICA|last updated: Apr 09 |Nationale, de la Recherche| | | |

| | |Scientifique (site not | | | |

| | |found) | | | |

|AFR|Chad – Republic of Chad |Ministère de | |Projet d'appui à la réforme du secteur de | |

|ICA|last updated: Apr 09 |l’Enseignement Supérieur | |l'éducation auTchad (PARSET) (2002) | |

| | |et de la Recherche | | | |

| | |Scientifique (French) | | | |

|S.A|Chile – Republic of Chile |Ministerio de Educación |Educar (Spanish) |Orientaciones Estratégicas de Educación y |Content: Curricula, teacher training, digital content, school |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(Spanish) |Portal Pinguino (Spanish) |Tecnología (Spanish) |infrastructure, school management, standards, |

| | |Enlaces (Spanish) | | | |

| | | | |Estrategia digital 2007-2012 (Spanish website,| |

| | | | |english version) | |

| | | | |Plan de acción 2008-2010 (Spanish) | |

|ASI|China – People's Republic of China|Ministry of Education | |Action Schemes for Invigorating Education |Content: software production, ICT curricula, infrastructure |

|A |last updated: Mar 09 |China (Chinese / english) | |Towards the 21st Century (Chinese, 2001) |including satellite network, teacher training |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |China Education and Research Network (CERNET) | |

|S.A|Colombia – Republic of Colombia |Ministerio de Educación |Colombia Aprende (Spanish) |National Education Plan 2006-2010 (Spanish) |Content: school infrastructure and networks, teacher training, |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |nacional (Spanish) | | |educative portal, content development, curricula, access to cheap |

| | | | |Programa de Uso de Medios y Nuevas Tecnologías|devices |

| | | | |(2002, spanish) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National ICT Plan (2008, Spanish) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |ICT Policy in Education of Bogota (2005, | |

| | | | |Spanish) | |

|AFR|Comoros – Union of the Comoros |Ministère de l'Education | |Lettre de politique de development des |Year: 2004 |

|ICA|last updated: Nov 09 |Nationale (no site found) | |Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de |Content: infrastructure, training, software, teacher training |

| | | | |la Communication 2004-2008 (French) | |

|AFR|Congo – Democratic Republic of the|Ministère de | |stratégie nationale pour le développement des |Year: 2004 |

|ICA|Congo |l’Enseignement Primaire, | |TICs au Congo (document not found) | |

| |last updated: Apr 09 |Secondaire et | | | |

| | |Professionnel (MEPSP) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Ministère de | | | |

| | |l’Enseignement Supérieur | | | |

| | |et Universitaire (MESU) | | | |

| | |Ministère des Affaires | | | |

| | |Sociales (MAS). | | | |

|C.A|Costa Rica – Republic of Costa |Ministerio de Educación |Ministerio de Educación |Programa Nacional de Informática Educativa |Content: digital content, teacher training, curricula, |

|MER|Rica |Pública (Spanish) |Pública (Spanish) |MEP-FOD (1998, Spanish) |Telecentres, |

| |last updated: Aug 09 | | | | |

| | |Fundación Omar Dengo |Ceducar (spanish) |Plan de Acción de la Educación para Todos | |

| | |(Spanish) | |2003-2015 (spanish) | |

|AFR|Côte d'Ivoire – Republic of Côte |Ministère de l’éducation | |Plan de Development de l'Infrastructure | |

|ICA|d'Ivoire |nationale (French) | |Nationale de l'Information et de la | |

| |last updated: Dec 08 | | |Communication 2000-2005 (French, 2000) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |1997-2010 national education/training sector | |

| | | | |development plan | |

|EUR|Croatia – Republic of Croatia |Ministry of Science, | |Education Sector Development Plan 2005-2010 |Content: teacher training, ICT lifelong training, special |

|OPE|last updated: Nov 08 |Education and Sports. | |(2006) |education, connectivity, content |

| | |(Croatian / English) | | | |

| | | | |Other educational ICT strategies | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Information and communication technology – | |

| | | | |Croatia in the 21st century (2002) | |

|C.A|Cuba – Republic of Cuba |Ministerio de Educación | |Programa de Informática Educativa del MINED |Content: content and software development, teacher training, |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(Spanish) | |(Spanish) |curricula, school equipment |

| | |Departamento Nacional de | | | |

| | |Software Educativo | |Política para la Informatización de la | |

| | |(Spanish) | |Sociedad (2003) | |

|ASI|Cyprus – Republic of Cyprus |Ministry of Education and |Educational Portal |Lisbon Strategy Text (2005) |Content: ICT infrastructure in schools, educational, teacher |

|A |last updated: Oct 08 |Culture (Greek) | | |training, e-learning |

|EUR|Czech Republic |Ministry of Education, | |Ministry’s projects (Czech) |Year: 2009-2013 |

|OPE|last updated: April 09 |Youth and Sport (Czech) | | |Content: connectivity, infrastructure, teacher training, |

| | | | |State Information and Communications Policy |administration |

| | |Institute for Information | |(SIP, 2006) | |

| | |on Education (Czech/ | | | |

| | |English) | | | |

|EUR|Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark |Ministry of Education | |Enhanced Internationalisation of Danish |Year: 2004 |

|OPE|last updated: April 09 |(Danish / English) | |Education – Policy paper |Content: curricula, teacher training, |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Report: IT and education | |

|AFR|Djibouti – Republic of Djibouti |Ministère de l'Education | |Education Plan 2006-2008 (2005, French) |Content: curricula, connectivity, |

|ICA|last updated: Feb 09 |Nationale (French, site | | | |

| | |offline) | |Djibouti National ICT Strategy and | |

| | | | |accompanying Action Plan (has dissapeared from| |

| | | | |site) | |

|C.A|Dominica – Commonwealth of |Ministry of Education, | |MoE draft ICT Policy (2001) | |

|MER|Dominica |Human Resource | | | |

| |last updated: Aug 09 |Development, Youth Affairs| |Also, they have developed a very comprehensive| |

| | |and Sports | |Implementation Plan | |

|C.A|Dominican Republic |Secretaria de Educación |Educando (Spanish) |Plan estratégico 2007-2010 (2007, Spanish) |Content: infrastructure, training, content, teacher training, |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(Spanish) | | |curricula |

| | | |Ceducar (spanish) |Plan Estratégico de Desarrollo de la Educación| |

| | | | |Dominicana 2003-2012 (spanish) | |

|ASI|East Timor – Democratic Republic |Ministério da Educação e | | | |

|A |of Timor-Leste |da Cultura | | | |

|S.A|Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador |Ministerio de educación |Educar (Spanish) |Agenda Nacional de Conectividad (Spanish, |Content: infrastructure, connectivity, distance learning, |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(Spanish) | |2002) |telecenters, software |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Ten Year educaction plan 2006-2015 (english, | |

| | | | |2006) | |

|AFR|Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt |Ministry of Education |Educative portal (Arab) |ICT for Learning: Egyptian Education |Content: infrastructure, curricula, distance education, Illiteracy|

|ICA|last updated: Nov 08 |(Arabic) | |Initiative (2006) |eradication |

| | |Ministry of Higher | | | |

| | |Education (Arabic | |Egypt’s ICT Strategy 2007-2010 (2005) | |

| | |/English/ French) | | | |

|C.A|El Salvador – Republic of El |Ministerio de Educación |Mi Portal (spanish) |Plan nacional de educación 2021 (2007, |Content: school infrastructure and access, basic ICT training, |

|MER|Salvador |(spanish) | |Spanish) |equipment refurbishing, content |

| |last updated: Aug 09 | |Ceducar (spanish) | | |

| | | | |Estrategia e-pais (Spanish) | |

|AFR|Equatorial Guinea – Republic of |Ministry of Education and | | | |

|ICA|Equatorial Guinea |Sciences (English, | | | |

| |last updated: Aug 09 |outdated) | | | |

|AFR|Eritrea – State of Eritrea |Ministry of Education | |ICT Policy in Education (2005) (seems to | |

|ICA|last updated: July 09 |(English, temporarily | |exist, but not found) | |

| | |down) | | | |

|EUR|Estonia – Republic of Estonia |Ministry of Education and| |Estonian IT Strategy |Years: 2004-2006/2006-2013 |

|OPE|last updated: July 09 |Research (Estonian / | | |Contents: IT literacy; training high-level IT specialists; |

| | |English / Russian) | |Estonian IT Policy |training of educational specialists; eLearning; publishing |

| | | | | |educational materials ; research and development |

| | | | |Tiger Leap Program and Learning Tiger Program | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |(Estonian/English) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Strategy 2006-2009 | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Knowledge-based Estonia (2007-2013) | |

|AFR|Ethiopia – Federal Democratic |Ministry of Education |Teachers education portal |Ethiopian ICT Policy (2005) |Content: ICT literacy, curricula, distance education, equipment, |

|ICA|Republic of Ethiopia | | | |infrastructure and connectivity |

| |last updated: Nov 08 |Federal Institute for | |ICT4D Strategy and Action Plan | |

| | |Curriculum Development and| | | |

| | |Research | |Education Sector development Program III | |

| | | | |2005-2011 (2005) | |

|OCE|Fiji – Republic of the Fiji |Ministry of Education | |National ICT Strategy Plan (2003) |Content: connectivity for schools, ICT training, teacher training |

|AN |Islands | | | | |

| |last updated: Nov 08 | | | | |

|EUR|Finland – Republic of Finland |Ministry of Education | |Information Society Programme for Education, |Content: ICTs in teaching and learning, content, access |

|OPE|last updated: Feb 09 |(English / Suomi / | |Training and Research 2004 - 2006. | |

| | |Svenska) | | | |

| | | | |National Knowledge Society Strategy 2007-2015 | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Ubiquitous Information Society Action | |

| | | | |Programme (2008-2011) | |

|EUR|France – French Republic |Ministère de l'Education | |SDTICE, Sous-direction des technologies de |Year: 2004-2006 / 2007 |

|OPE|last updated: Apr 09 |nationale (French) | |l'information et de la communication pour |Detailed ICT policy and plan. |

| | | | |l'éducation (French/Spanish/English) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Plan d'action pour le développement national | |

| | | | |des TICE (French) | |

|AFR|Gabon – Gabonese Republic |Ministère de | |PLAN D’ACTION NATIONAL Education Pour Tous |Content: Internet access |

|ICA|last updated: May 09 |l'enseignement supérieur, | |(2002, French) | |

| | |de la recherche, et de | | | |

| | |l'innovation technologique| | | |

| | |(French) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Ministère de l’Education | | | |

| | |Nationale | | | |

|AFR|Gambia, The – Republic of The |Ministry of Education | |National Information & Communication |Content: ICT literacy, ICT resources, distance and open learning, |

|ICA|Gambia | | |Infrastructure (NICI) Policy and Plans (2004) |standards, research facilities, network infrastructure, |

| |last updated: May 09 | | | |professional development, staff motivation and retention, and |

| | | | |Education Sector Strategic Plan 2006-2015 |policy. |

| | | | |(2006) | |

|ASI|Georgia |Ministry of Education and | |Consolidated Education Strategy and action |Content: school equipment and connectivity, educational software |

|A |last updated: Apr 09 |Science (Georgian / | |plan 2007-2011 (2007) |and services and technical support, upgrading the ICT skills of |

| | |english) | | |teachers and students, integrating ICT into the curricula |

| | | | |School computerization program: deer leap | |

| | | | |(Georgian / English) | |

|EUR|Germany – Federal Republic of |Ministry of Education and | |"Informationsgesellschaft Deutschland 2010" |Note: the education policy is defined by each Länder. |

|OPE|Germany |research (German/English) | |(iD2010) (german/english/spanish) | |

| |last updated: Apr 09 | | | | |

| | | | |Onlin-Offline – IT in education (2000) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Information Society Strategy (german/English) | |

|AFR|Ghana – Republic of Ghana |Ministry of Education |Student portal |Ghana ICT for Accelerated Development (ICT4AD)|Year: 2004 / 2006 |

|ICA|last updated: Apr 09 | | |Policy |Content: universal basic education, infrastructure, learning |

| | | | | |materials, science and technology education, electronic distance |

| | | | |ICT in Education Policy Framework |education, information networks |

|EUR|Greece – Hellenic Republic |Ministry of Education and | |Strategy for ICTs in Education |Contents: equipping schools, networking, training teachers and |

|OPE|last updated: May 09 |religious affairs (Greek/ | | |preparing digital material |

| | |English) | |Digital Strategy 2006- 2013 (Greek / German / | |

| | | | |French / English, 2006) | |

| | | | |Action line: education | |

|C.A|Grenada |Ministry of Education and | |ICT4D National Policy (2001) |Content: ICT training, distance learning, teacher training, |

|MER|last updated: May 09 |Labor | | |infrastructure and connectivity |

| | | | |ICT Strategy and Action Plan (2002-2005) | |

| | | | | |Note: Currently (2008) developing ICT4E Policy |

|C.A|Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala |Ministerio de Educación |Portal Educativo (Spanish) |Educational Policy 2008-2012 (2008, |Content: access to ICTs |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(Spanish) | |introduction, spanish) | |

| | | |Ceducar (spanish) | | |

| | | | |Proyecto Escuelas del Futuro (Spanish) | |

|AFR|Guinea – Republic of Guinea |Ministère de l'Education | |Plan de development de l'infrastructure |Content: infrastructure, training |

|ICA|last updated: Nov 08 |et de la recherche | |nationale d'information et de communication de| |

| | |Scientifique (French) | |la Republic de Guinee (2001-2004) (French) | |

| | | | | | |

|AFR|Guinea-Bissau – Republic of |Ministère de l'Education | | | |

|ICA|Guinea-Bissau |Nationale (site not found)| | | |

| |last updated: Nov 08 | | | | |

|S.A|Guyana – Co-operative Republic of |Ministry of Education | |ICT4D Guyana, National Strategy (2006) |Content: Capacity building, content and application development, |

|MER|Guyana | | | |distance training, teacher training, curricula |

| |last updated: May 09 | | |Guyana Draft IT Policy (2003) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |MOE Strategic Plan 2003-2007 (2002) | |

|C.A|Haiti – Republic of Haiti |Ministere de l'education | | | |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |Nationale (French) | | | |

|C.A|Honduras – Republic of Honduras |Secretaria de educación |Ceducar (spanish) |Plan estratégico de educación 2005-2015 |Content: infrastructure and connectivity, teacher training, |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(spanish) | |(2007,Spanish) |research, curricula, standardization, |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Lineamientos estratégicos sobre TICs (2002, | |

| | | | |Spanish) | |

|ASI|Hong Kong – Hong Kong Special |Education Bureau | |Empowering Learning and Teaching with |Content: connectivity, teacher training, content, software |

|A |Administrative Region of the |(English/Chinese) | |Information Technology (2004) | |

| |People's Republic of China | | | | |

| |last updated: May 09 | | |Information Technology in Education – Way | |

| | | | |Forward (2005) | |

|EUR|Hungary – Republic of Hungary |Ministry of Education and |Sulinet |Information society strategy | |

|OPE|last updated: May 09 |Culture (Hungarian / | | | |

| | |English) | | | |

|EUR|Iceland – Republic of Iceland |Ministry of Education, | |Policy for ICT in education, science and |Content: connectivity, infrastructure, digital content, safe use |

|OPE|last updated: Nov 08 |Science and Culture | |culture 2005-2008 (2005) | |

| | |(Icelandic / Swedish / | | | |

| | |English) | | | |

|ASI|India – Republic of India |Department of School |Teacher’s Portal |National Curriculum Framework for School |National Policy on ICT in School Education is currently being |

|A |last updated: July 09 |Education & Literacy | |Education in India (2000) |developed through a participative process (2009) |

|ASI|Indonesia – Republic of Indonesia |Ministry of Education and | |Guidelines for the |Content: infrastructure, curricula, distance education, R&D, |

|A |last updated: Feb 09 |Culture (Indonesian, | |Development and Implementation of ICT in |applications, content in local language |

| | |English) | |Indonesia | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |TKTI - Five Year Action Plan for the | |

| | | | |development and implementation of ICTs in | |

| | | | |Indonesia (2001) | |

|ASI|Iran – Islamic Republic of Iran |Ministry of Education. | |National Information and Communication |Contents: software, e-learning, teacher training, |

|A |last updated: Feb 09 |Planning and Managment | |Technology Agenda (TAKFA, 2002) | |

| | |Development (Persian) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Institute for Research and| | | |

| | |Planning in Higher | | | |

| | |Education (Persian/ | | | |

| | |English) | | | |

|ASI|Iraq – Republic of Iraq |Ministry of Higher | | | |

|A |last updated: Feb 09 |Education and Scientific | | | |

| | |Research (Arabic) | | | |

|EUR|Ireland - Republic of Ireland |Department of Education |Teachnet |ICT Policy in Education (2000) |Content: connectivity, infrastructure. ICT curricula |

|OPE|last updated: May 09 |and Science (English) | | | |

| | | | |NCTE : National Centre for Technology in | |

| | | | |Education | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Statement of Strategy 2005-2007 (2005) | |

|ASI|Israel – State of Israel |Ministry of Education, | | | |

|A |last updated: May 09 |Culture and Sports (Hebrew| | | |

| | |/ English) | | | |

|EUR|Italy – Italian Republic |Ministero di Pubblica |Ministero di Pubblica |Direzione Generale per i sistemi informativi |Content: access, content, curricula and other projects |

|OPE|last updated: May 09 |Istruzione (Italian) |Istruzione (Italian) |(Italian) | |

|C.A|Jamaica |Ministry of Education, | |Draft Policy ICT in Education (1998) |Note: The new ICT policy is currently underway. |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |Youth and Culture | | | |

| | |(English) | |New National ICT strategy e-powering Jamaica | |

| | | | |2007-2012 (2007) | |

|ASI|Japan |Ministry of Education, | |e-Japan Priority Policy Program (2001) |Content: school equipment and connectivity, teacher training, |

|A |last updated: Apr 09 |Culture, Sport, science | | |content |

| | |and technology (Japanese | |e-Japan Strategy II (2003) | |

| | |/English) | | | |

| | | | |Several IT policy documents | |

| | | | | | |

|ASI|Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of |Ministry of Education | |Jordan ICT literacy currículo Project | |

|A |Jordan |(Arabic) | | | |

| |last updated: May 09 | | |Jordan Education Initiative | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |REACH | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Education Reform for Knowledge Economy Project| |

| | | | |(ERfKE) | |

|ASI|Kazakhstan – Republic of |Ministry of Education and | |Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for | |

|A |Kazakhstan |Science (English,/ Kazakh | |Informatization & Communication (English,/ | |

| |last updated: May 09 |/ Russian) | |Kazakh / Russian) | |

|AFR|Kenya – Republic of Kenya |Ministry of Education | |National Information & Communications |Contents: Curricula, ICTs in education, content development, |

|ICA|last updated: Feb 09 | | |Technology (ICT) Policy (2006) |software, e-learning, teacher training |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Education Sector Support Program 2005-2010 | |

| | | | |(2005) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National ICT Strategy for Education and | |

| | | | |Training (2006) | |

|OCE|Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati |Ministry of Education, | |Ministry of Education Strategic Plan 2008 – |Content: school infrastructure, content & curricula, |

|AN |last updated: Mar 09 |Youth and Sports | |2011 | |

|ASI|Korea, North – Democratic People's|Ministry of education, |KERIS (englisk/Korean / |2008 Plan for the Promotion of Educational ICT|Content: Building Infrastructure for e-Teaching/Learning, |

|A |Republic of Korea |science and technology |Spanish) |(2008) |Expanding Support for e-Lifelong Learning , Promoting Information |

| |last updated: July 09 |(English / Korean) | | |Sharing in Higher Education , Strengthening the e-Education |

| | | | |2006 White Paper on Educational ICT (2006) |Safety Network, Ensuring Efficiency in Educational Administration,|

| | | | | |Sharing with the World for e-Learning Development |

| | | | |Guidelines for ICT Utilization in Elementary | |

| | | | |and Middle Schools | |

|ASI|Kuwait – State of Kuwait |Ministry of Education | | | |

|A |last updated: July 09 |(Arabic) | | | |

| | |Ministry of Higher | | | |

| | |Education (Arabic) | | | |

|ASI|Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic |Ministry of Education and | |National Strategy Information and |Content: ICT training, distance education |

|A |last updated: July 09 |Science | |Communication | |

| | | | |Technologies for Development in the Kyrgyz | |

| | | | |Republic (2001) | |

|ASI|Laos – Lao People's Democratic |Ministry of Education | |Education for All National Plan of Action |Content: ICT training, |

|A |Republic |(laotian / english) | |2003-2015 | |

| |last updated: Nov 08 | | | | |

| | | | |National Education System - | |

| | | | |Reform Strategy 2006-2015 (laotian) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Education Law 2008 | |

|EUR|Latvia – Republic of Latvia |Ministry of Education and | |Latvia National development Plan 2007-2013 |Content: school connectivity and infrastructure, teacher training,|

|OPE|last updated: Dec 08 |Science (Latvian) | |(2006, Latvian / english / russian) |content development |

|ASI|Lebanon – Republic of Lebanon |Ministry of Education | |The National eStrategy for Lebanon, Document |Content: school infrastructure, IT training |

|A |last updated: Nov 08 |(Arabic) | |4: The ICT Policies and the Seven Initiatives | |

| | | | |(2003) | |

| | |Ministry of Higher | | | |

| | |Education (Arabic / | |Educational development project (arabic) | |

| | |English) | | | |

|AFR|Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho |Ministry of Education and | |Lesotho ICT Policy (2005) |Content: ICT awareness & computer literacy, school infrastructure,|

|ICA|last updated: May 09 |Training | | |distance education, curricula, standards |

|AFR|Liberia – Republic of Liberia |Ministry of education | |E-Liberia: Vision 2010 (being developed) |Content: infrastructure, curricula |

|ICA|last updated: May 09 |(outdated) | | | |

| | | | |National Telecom Policy and Strategy (2006) | |

|AFR|Libya – Great Socialist People's |Ministry of Education | |Probably exists, but not found. | |

|ICA|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |(arabic) | | | |

| |last updated: July 09 | | | | |

|EUR|Liechtenstein – Principality of |Office of Education | |Arbeitsstelle Schulinformatik (assi, german, |Content: infrastructure, hardware and software for schools. |

|OPE|Liechtenstein |(German) | |2002) | |

| |last updated: Dec 08 | | | | |

|EUR|Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania |Ministry of Education and | |National education strategy 2003-2012 (2003) |Content: school infrastructure, distance education, curricula |

|OPE|last updated: Dec 08 |Science | | | |

| | |(Lithuanian/English) | | | |

|EUR|Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of |Ministère de l’éducation |Myschool |Several resources and plans (French) | |

|OPE|Luxembourg |nationale et de la | | | |

| |last updated: May 09 |formation professionnelle | | | |

| | |(French) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Service de coordination de| | | |

| | |la recherche et de | | | |

| | |l'innovation pédagogiques | | | |

| | |et technologiques (French)| | | |

|EUR|Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia |Ministry of Education and | |National strategy for information society |Content: standards, legal framework, educational infrastructure, |

|OPE|last updated: Aug 09 |Science (Macedonian) | |development and action plan (2005) |ICT staff and ICT literacy and contents |

|AFR|Madagascar – Republic of |Ministère de | |Politique Nationale des Technologies de |Content: infrastructure, content |

|ICA|Madagascar |l'Enseignement Secondaire | |l'Information et de la Communication pour le | |

| |last updated: May 09 |et de l'Education de Base | |Développement - (PNTIC-D, French, 2004) | |

| | |(French) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Ministère de | | | |

| | |l'enseignement supérieur | | | |

| | |(French) | | | |

|AFR|Malawi – Republic of Malawi |Ministry of Education | |Integrated Socio-Economic and ICT Policy and |Contents: modernization, training and ICT literacy. |

|ICA|last updated: May 09 | | |Plan Development Framework | |

| | | | |Education Policy (2003) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Malawi National ICT for Development Policy | |

| | | | |(2006) | |

|ASI|Malaysia |Ministry of Education | |8th Plan , midterm revision |Contents: connectivity, e-learning, content development |

|A |last updated: July 09 |(English/ Melayu) | | | |

| | | | |Center for the Research and Support of | |

| | | | |Educational Practice | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |The Smart School (2005) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |ICT in Malaysian Schools: Policy and | |

| | | | |Strategies (2002) | |

|ASI|Maldives – Republic of Maldives |Ministry of Education | |Science and Technology Master Plan (2001) | |

|A |last updated: Dec 08 |(English / Divehi) | | | |

|AFR|Mali – Republic of Mali |Ministère de l'éducation | |NICI Policy and Plan | |

|ICA|last updated: May 09 |nationale (French) | | | |

|EUR|Malta – Republic of Malta |Ministry of Education |Ministry of Education |National Reform programme |Year: 2005 |

|OPE|last updated: May 09 | | | |Content: curricula, infrastructure, training, inclusion |

| | | | |National ICT Strategy 2008-2010 | |

|AFR|Mauritania – Islamic Republic of |Ministry of National | |National Program for the development of the |Content: infrastructure, curricula, distance training |

|ICA|Mauritania |Education (French / | |educational sector 2001-2010 (French, 2001) | |

| |last updated: July 09 |Arabic) | | | |

| | | | |Plan de development de l'Infrastructure | |

| | | | |nationale d'Information et de Communication | |

| | | | |1999-2002 | |

|AFR|Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius |Ministry of Education, | |Universal ICT education Programme | |

|ICA|last updated: May 09 |Culture & Human Resources | | | |

| | | | |Task force on e-education and e-training | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National IT Strategy Plan | |

|N.A|Mexico – United Mexican States |Secretaria de Educacion |Se piensa (Spanish) |e-mexico (Maya, Spanish, English, French) |Content: e-learning, basic IT, infrastructure |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |Pública (spanish) | | | |

| | | |Enciclomedia (Spanish) |MoE Programme 2007-2015 (2008, spanish) |Note: Educational laws are developed by each state. |

|OCE|Micronesia – Federated States of |Department of Education | | | |

|AN |Micronesia | | | | |

| |last updated: July 09 | | | | |

|EUR|Moldova – Republic of Moldova |Ministry of Education and | |Presidential program "salt" of informational |Content: infrastructure and connectivity, software, teacher |

|OPE|last updated: Aug 09 |Youth (Romanian, / English| |and communication technologies implementation |training, content, |

| | |/ Russian) | |in the educational system (2004 – 2006) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Consolidated action Plan for the educational | |

| | | | |sector 2006-2008 | |

|EUR|Monaco – Principality of Monaco |Direction de l'Education | | | |

|OPE|last updated: Aug 09 |Nationale, de la Jeunesse | | | |

| | |et des Sports (French) | | | |

|ASI|Mongolia |Ministry of Education, |Mongol educational portal |e-Mongolia National Programme |Contents: human resources, distance-learning, e-schools, research |

|A |last updated: Nov 08 |Culture and Science |(mongolian) | |and development, cheap access |

| | |(Mongolian) | |Plan of action ICT development in Mongolia | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National IT Policy (2006, Mongolian/English) | |

|EUR|Montenegro – Republic of |Ministry of Education and | |Main Project on Education Information System |Content: curricula, teacher training, infrastructure, software |

|OPE|Montenegro |Science of Montenegro | |of Montenegro (2004) |development, applications |

| |last updated: May 09 |(Serbian / English) | | | |

|AFR|Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco |Ministère de l’éducation | |Généralisation des Technologies de |Content: school infrastructure, teacher training, software and |

|ICA|last updated: May 09 |nationale, de | |l'Information et de la Communication (TIC) |content |

| | |l’enseignement | |dans l'enseignement (GENIE, French) | |

| | |supérieur, de la formation| | | |

| | |des cadres et de la | |e-Maroc 2010 (2007, French) | |

| | |recherche scientifique | | | |

| | |(French/Arab) | | | |

|AFR|Mozambique – Republic of |Ministério da Educação e | |Information and Communication Technology (ICT)|Contents: Curricula, teacher training, content generation, school |

|ICA|Mozambique |Cultura (Portuguese) | |Policy - implementation strategy (2002, |equipment and connectivity |

| |last updated: May 09 | | |Portuguese) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Education Sector Strategic Plan Ii 2005-2009 | |

| | | | |(2004) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |IT Policy (2000, Portuguese) | |

|ASI|Myanmar – Union of Myanmar |Ministry of education | |30-year long-term national education promotion|Content: infrastructure, ICT teaching and multimedia, teacher |

|A |last updated: Dec 08 |(Myanmar) | |plan (2001) |training |

| | | | | | |

|ASI|Nagorno-Karabakh – |Ministry Of Education and | | | |

|A |Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |Science | | | |

| |last updated: July 09 | | | | |

|AFR|Namibia – Republic of Namibia |Ministry of Education | |Namibian ICT Policy for Education 2005 (2005) |Very complete policy. |

|ICA|last updated: Aug 09 | | | |Contents: Curricula, distance training teacher training, |

| | | | |ICTs in Education initiative: Tech-Na! |infrastructure, content. |

| | | | |ETSIP: Information Communication Technology | |

| | | | |(ICT) in Education | |

|OCE|Nauru – Republic of Nauru |Department of Education | |Education Strategic Plan 2005 - 2006 (2005) |Content: ict facilities, curricula, teacher training, |

|AN |last updated: July 09 | | | |partnerships, |

|ASI|Nepal – State of Nepal |Ministry of Education and | |National ICT Policy & Action Plan |Contents: Curricula, infrastructure |

|A |last updated: July 09 |Sports (English/Nepali) | | | |

|EUR|Netherlands – Kingdom of the |Ministry of education and | |National ICT Policy (dutch) |Year: 2006 |

|OPE|Netherlands |Culture (Dutch/English) | | | |

| |last updated: July 09 | | |ICTs in Education Policy and Plans (dutch) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|OCE|New Zealand |Ministry of Education |Te kete Ipurangi (English / |ICT in schools , ICT strategy and related docs|Content: connectivity, computers, distance learning, online |

|AN |last updated: July 09 |(English/Maori) |maori) |(2006) |content, software |

|C.A|Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua |Ministerio de Educación |Portal Educativo (Spanish) |Ministerio de Educación, Comisión Nacional de |Nicaragua is currently defining its ICT in Education policy. The |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(Spanish) | |Tecnología de la Información y Comunicación en|list of activities is available online. |

| | | |Ceducar (spanish) |la Educación (in spanish) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Normativa para el funcionamiento de aulas con | |

| | | | |TIC | |

| | | | |(2008, spanish) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Plan Nacional de Educación 2001 – 2015 | |

|AFR|Niger – Republic of Niger |Ministère de l'éducation | |Délégué Général à l'Informatique (DELGI) | |

|ICA| |de base I et de | | (does not work) | |

| | |l'alphabétisation (site | | | |

| | |not found) | | | |

|AFR|Nigeria – Federal Republic of |Ministry of Education | |Nigerian National Policy for Information |Content: ICTs in curricula, tele-education, teacher training and |

|ICA|Nigeria | | |Technology (IT) 'Use IT' (2001) |certification, EMIS, cheap equipment |

| |last updated: Oct 08 | | | | |

| | | | |Education Plan (2007) | |

|EUR|Norway – Kingdom of Norway |Ministry of Education and | |The Knowledge promotion (latest reform 2006) |Content: school connectivity, digital literacy, curricula, teacher|

|OPE|last updated: Apr 09 |Research (Nyrosk, Bokmal, | | |training, R&D, digital content |

| | |Sami, English) | |e-Norway action plan | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Program for digital Competence (2004-2008) | |

|ASI|Oman – Sultanate of Oman |Ministry of Higher |Educational Portal |Oman Digital Society Report 2006 |Teacher training, e-education, education portal |

|A |last updated: Aug 09 |Education (Arabic) |(Arabic/english) | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Ministry of Education | | | |

| | |(Arabic / english) | | | |

|ASI|Pakistan – Islamic Republic of |Ministry of Education | |IT Policy and Action Plan (2000) |Content: rural school connectivity, ICT training, electronic |

|A |Pakistan | | | |libraries, infrastructure and telecommunications, software, , |

| |last updated: July 09 | | |Education Policy 1998-2010 |teacher training in ICTs |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Education Policy white paper | |

| | | | |National Education Policy 2009 (draft) | |

|OCE|Palau – Republic of Palau |Ministry of Education | |Technology Plan |Content: school connectivity, software, multimedia, |

|AN |last updated: July 09 | | | |infrastructure, integration into curricula |

|ASI|Palestine – proposed State of |Ministry of Education & | |Palestinian Educational Initiative |Content: infrastructure, connectivity, portal, equipment, software|

|A |Palestine |Higher Education (MOEHE) | |(English/Arabic) | |

| |last updated: July 09 |(Arabic) | | | |

|C.A|Panama – Republic of Panama |Ministerio de Educación |Educa Panama (Spanish) | | |

|MER|last updated: Aug 09 |(Spanish) | | | |

| | | |Ceducar (spanish) | | |

|OCE|Papua New Guinea – Independent |Department of Education | |Curriculum Reform Implementation Project | |

|AN |State of Papua New Guinea |(English, temporarily | |(English) | |

| |last updated: July 09 |down) | | | |

|S.A|Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay |Ministerio de Educación y |Portal educativo Arandu rape|Paraguay 2020? | |

|MER|last updated: July 09 |Cultura (Spanish / |(Spanish) | | |

| | |Guarani) | | | |

|S.A|Peru – Republic of Peru |Ministerio de educación |Huascaran (Spanish) |Proyecto Huascarán (Spanish, 2005) |Content: teacher training, connectivity, rural schools, distance |

|MER|last updated: July 09 |(Spanish) | |Strategic Plan MoE 2007-2011 (spanish) |training. |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Plan del desarrollo de la sociedad de la | |

| | | | |información (Spanish) | |

|ASI|Philippines – Republic of the |Department of Education |iSchools-CeC |ICTs For education |Content: infrastructure, teacher training, ICT training, content |

|A |Philippines | | | |development & access, curriculum |

| |last updated: July 09 | | |National Framework Plan for ICTs in Basic | |

| | | | |Education (2004) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |I.T. Action Agenda for the 21st Century (1997)| |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Strategic Roadmap for the ICT Sector (2006) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Draft ICT4E strategic Plan (2008) | |

|EUR|Poland – Republic of Poland |Ministry of National | |ePoland – Strategy for the Information Society|Content: new teaching techniques, programs to equip schools with |

|OPE|last updated: July 09 |Education (Polish / | |Development in Poland, 2004-2006 (2003) |computers, teacher and librarian training, rules of teaching |

| | |English) | | |applications, development of education and remote learning |

| | | | |Strategy for Development of Information |systems, acquiring of communication technologies, development of |

| | | | |Technology in Poland until 2013 (in Polish / |communication-related occupations. |

| | | | |in english) | |

|EUR|Portugal – Portuguese Republic |Ministério da Educação |MaisEscola.pt (Portuguese, |Plano Tecnológico da Educação (2007, |Content: school connectivity, teacher training, digital content, |

|OPE|last updated: Aug 09 |(Portuguese) |under development) |Portuguese) |open source, cheap access devices for students and teachers |

| | | | | | |

| | |Ministry of Science, | |Iniciativa para generalização da utilização de| |

| | |Technology and Higher | |computadores e Internet (Portuguese) | |

| | |Education (Portuguese) | | | |

| | | | |Sistema de Formação e de Certificação em | |

| | | | |Competências TIC (July 09) | |

|ASI|Qatar – State of Qatar |Ministry of education |Knowledge net |e-education |Content: Curricula, digital content |

|A |last updated: Dec 08 |(Arabic) | |National ICT Strategy and Masterplan (2006) | |

| | | |e-learning portal | | |

| | | | |e-Education Projects | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |ICT Quatar (website, arab/english) | |

|EUR|Romania |Ministry of education, | |National Strategy for the New Economy and the |Content: connectivity, ICT training, curricula, content, teacher |

|OPE|last updated: July 09 |research and youth | |Implementation of the Information Society |training, software |

| | |(Romanian) | |(2002) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |ICT laws and regulations (Romanian) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Sistem Educaţional Informatizat (Romanian) | |

|EUR|Russia – Russian Federation |Federal Ministry of |Auditorium (russian) |E-Learning Policy |Year: 2003 |

|OPE|last updated: Apr 09 |Education (Russian) | | |Content: connectivity, maintenance, ICT skills. Very comprehensive|

| | | | |"Development of common educational information|document. |

| | | | |environment (2001-2005)" (2001, Russian) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Education Modernization Program | |

|AFR|Rwanda |Ministry of Education | |An Integrated ICT-led Socio-Economic |Year: 2006 |

|ICA|last updated: Nov 08 |(English/ French/ | |Development Policy and Plan for Rwanda |Content: school equipment, curricula, teacher training |

| | |Kirnyarwanda) | |2001-2005 | |

| | | | | |Note: the ICT4E policy is currently under development (nov 08) |

| | | | |Education Sector Strategic Plan 2006-2010 | |

| |Saint Lucia |Ministry of Education, | |Draft ICT policy (2006) |Content: distance learning, connectivity, adult education, |

| |last updated: July 09 |Human Resource | | |curricula |

| | |Development, Youth and | |Workplan 2004-2005 | |

| | |Sports (English) | | | |

| | | | |Draft policy for the integration of ICT in the| |

| | | | |education system | |

|C.A|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |Ministry of Education, | |National Policy on the use of ICT in Education| |

|MER|last updated: July 09 |Youth & Sports (English) | | | |

|OCE|Samoa – Independent State of Samoa|Ministry of Education, | |National ICT Strategic Plan e-samoa.ws |Content: curricula integration, training, school infrastructure, |

|AN |last updated: Mar 09 |Sports & Culture (site not| |(does not work) |management, standards |

| | |found) | |Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture | |

| | | | |Strategic Policies and Plan 2006 –2015 (2006) | |

|EUR|San Marino – Most Serene Republic |Segreteria di Stato per la| |Curricolo verticale di alfabetizzazione |Content: teacher training, curricula, ICT training, |

|OPE|of San Marino |Pubblica Istruzione, | |Informatica (Italian, 2006) | |

| |last updated: July 09 |l'Università, gli | | | |

| | |Istituti  Culturali, | | | |

| | |l'Informazione e la | | | |

| | |Ricerca (Italian) | | | |

|ASI|Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi |Ministry of Education | |National IT Plan (NICTP) |Content: school infrastructure, software, content, IT training |

|A |Arabia |(Arabic) | | | |

| | | | |Computer and Information Center of the | |

| | |General Organization for | |Ministry of Education (CIC) | |

| | |Technical Education and | | | |

| | |Vocational Training | | | |

| | |(Arabic / English) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |General Directorate for | | | |

| | |the Design and Development| | | |

| | |of Curricula, Technical | | | |

| | |and Vocational Education | | | |

| | |(English) | | | |

|AFR|Senegal – Republic of Senegal |Ministère de l'Education | |Programme décennal de l'éducation et de la |Content: school infrastructure & connectivity, curricula, |

|ICA|last updated: May 09 |(French) | |formation | |

| | | | |(French, 2003) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Plan national d’action de L’education pour | |

| | | | |tous (PNA/EPT) (french, 2001) | |

|EUR|Serbia – Republic of Serbia |Ministry of Education and | | | |

|OPE|last updated: May 09 |Sport (Serbian) | | | |

|AFR|Seychelles – Republic of |Ministry of Education | |National ICT Policy (2007) |Content: ICT training, distance education, infrastructure |

|ICA|Seychelles |(English) | | | |

|AFR|Sierra Leone – Republic of Sierra |Ministry of Education. | |Education Plan 2007-2015 (2007) |Content: curricula, learning centers, |

|ICA|Leone |Science and Technology | | | |

|ASI|Singapore – Republic of Singapore |Ministry of Education | |Masterplan II for IT in education | |

|A | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|EUR|Slovakia – Slovak Republic |Ministry of Education | |ICT in education Policy and related resources | |

|OPE|last updated: Oct 08 |(Slovak) | |(Slovak) | |

|EUR|Slovenia – Republic of Slovenia |Ministry of Education and | | | |

|OPE| |Sport (Slovenian / | | | |

| | |English) | | | |

|OCE|Solomon islands |Ministry of Education and | |People First Network (PFnet) project |Content: use of information and communications technology to |

|AN |last updated: Mar 09 |Human Resource Development| | |improve learning and teaching, and to deliver instruction. Ise of |

| | |(MEHRD) | |Eduation Strategic Framework |ICt for MoE management. |

| | | | |2007 – 2015 (2007) | |

| | |Distance Learning Centres | | | |

| | |Project | |National Economic Recovery, Reform and | |

| | | | |Development Plan (NERRDP) | |

|AFR|Somalia |Ministry of Education | | | |

|ICA| | | | | |

| | |Ministry of Higher | | | |

| | |Education and Culture | | | |

|AFR|South Africa – Republic of South |Department of Education |Thutong |Education Strategic Plan 2007-2011 (2007) |Content: Infrastructure, Connectivity, Professional Development, |

|ICA|Africa | | | |curriculum Integration, Research and Human Resource Systems. |

| | |Centre for Higher | |Strategy for information and communication | |

| | |Education Transformation | |technology in education (2001) | |

| | |(CHET) | | | |

| | | | |White paper on e-education (2004) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Managing ICTs in South African Schools: A | |

| | | | |guide for School Principals (2006) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Research agenda for ICT in Education (2007) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Guidelines for teacher training and | |

| | | | |Professional development in ICT (2007) | |

|EUR|Spain – Kingdom of Spain |Ministerio de Educación, | |Plan Avanza, 2006-2010 (spanish) |Content: teacher training, digital content, telecenters, |

|OPE|last updated: Aug 09 |Politica Social y Deporte | | |e-learning |

| | |(Spanish / Catalá / Vasc) | |Participación del PNTIC en proyectos e | |

| | | | |iniciativas internacionales (spanish) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, | |

| | | | |Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica 2008-2011 | |

| | | | |(Spanish) | |

|ASI|Sri Lanka – Democratic Socialist |Ministry of Education | |e-Sri Lanka Initiative (English/sinhala/tamil,|Content: Connectivity, access, training |

|A |Republic of Sri Lanka |(English) | |2006) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |National Policy on IT in school education | |

| | | | |(2001) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |ICT Agency | |

|C.A|St. Kitts & Nevis |Ministry of Education | |ICT Strategic Plan (2006) |Contents: teacher training, ICT literacy, ICTs in education, |

|MER| | | | |distance learning, software |

|C.A|St. Vincent and the Grenadines |Ministry of Education | |National Policy on the use of ICT in Education| |

|MER| | | | | |

|AFR|Sudan – Republic of the Sudan |Ministry of Education | |ICT Policy (1999) | |

|ICA|last updated: Nov 08 |(Arabic) | | | |

| | | | |ICT policy for education (2002) | |

|S.A|Suriname – Republic of Suriname |Ministry of Education and | | | |

|MER| |Culture | | | |

|AFR|Swaziland – Kingdom of Swaziland |Ministry of Education | |National ICT policy and plans (2007) |Content: ICT literacy, school infrastructure, teacher training, |

|ICA| | | | |curricula, equal access |

|EUR|Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden |Ministry of Education and | |National Action programme for ICTs in schools |Sweden has a decentralized school system. There are measures and |

|OPE| |Research (Svenska / | |(1998-2002) |actions from the National Swedish Agency for School Improvement |

| | |English) | | |(formerly the National Agency for Education) which aim at giving |

| | | | |Swedish Agency for School Improvement |good |

| | | | |(Swedish/English) |local conditions for ICT development. |

| | | | | | |

|EUR|Switzerland – Swiss Confederation |State Secretariat for |Educanet (German / Italian /|ICT Strategy for Education (2007) |Content: curricula, digital content, teacher training, information|

|OPE|last updated: Apr 09 |Education and Research |English / French) | |tools for schools, cooperation |

| | |(German / Italian / | |Educational resources | |

| | |English / French) |Educa.ch (German / Italian /| |Note: Competence for education in Switzerland is shared between |

| | | |English / French) | |the Confederation, the Cantons and the local Communes. |

| | |Swiss Agency for ICTs in | | | |

| | |Education (French / | | | |

| | |German) | | | |

|ASI|Syria – Syrian Arab Republic |Ministry of Education | | | |

|A | |(Arabic) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Ministry of Higher | | | |

| | |Education (Arabic) | | | |

|ASI|Taiwan – Republic of China |Ministry of Education | | | |

|A |last updated: Mar 09 |(Chinese / English) | | | |

|ASI|Tajikistan – Republic of |Ministry of Education | |National Education Plan 2006-2015 (2005) |Content: curricula, infrastructure |

|A |Tajikistan |(Tajiko / russian / | | | |

| |last updated: Oct 08 |english) | |"Installation of computers in primary and high| |

| | | | |schools in the Republic of Tajikistan for | |

| | | | |2003-2007" | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |"Information and communication technology for | |

| | | | |development of the Republic of Tajikistan" | |

| | | | |(2003, russian) | |

|AFR|Tanzania – United Republic of |Ministry of Education and | |ICT Policy for Basic Education (2007) |Content: Infrastructure and Technical Issues, Curriculum and |

|ICA|Tanzania |Vocational Training | | |Content, Training and Capacity Building, Planning, Procurement and|

| |last updated: Mar 09 | | |National Information and Communications |Administration, Management, Support and Sustainability, Monitoring|

| | |Ministry of Higher | |Technologies Policy (2003) |and Evaluation. |

| | |Education, Science and | | | |

| | |Technology | | | |

|ASI|Thailand – Kingdom of Thailand |Ministry of Education | |Thailand IT Policy Framework 2001-2010: Vision|Content: Information infrastructure, rendering educational |

|A |last updated: Mar 09 |(Thai / english) | |Towards a Knowledge-based Economy (2003) |information and knowledge more accessible. |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |IT in vocational training | |

|AFR|Togo – Togolese Republic |Ministère des | |Plan d'action national: Education Pour Tous |Content: teacher training, curricula |

|ICA|last updated: Mar 09 |Enseignements Primaire, | |PAN-EPT (French, 2005) | |

| | |Secondaire et de | | | |

| | |l'Alphabétisation (MEPSA) | |Stratégie Nationale de l’Information au Togo | |

| | | | |Document II, Examen des infrastructures et | |

| | |Ministère de l'éducation | |synthèses des besoins et Document III, Projet | |

| | |nationale et de la | |de déclaration de politique nationale | |

| | |recherche (no site found) | | | |

|OCE|Tonga – Kingdom of Tonga |Ministry of Education | |Government Strategic |Content: briefly mentions ICTs in education, infrastructure |

|AN |last updated: Mar 09 |(site not found) | |Development Plan 2006-2009 (2006) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Ed. Policy Framework 2004 - 2019 | |

|C.A|Trinidad and Tobago – Republic of |Ministry of Education |Student portal |ICT in Education draft Policy (2005) |Content: curricula, access, teacher training, ICTs in schools, |

|MER|Trinidad and Tobago | | | |monitoring and evaluation, strategic alliances |

| |last updated: Oct 08 | | |National Information and Communication | |

| | | | |Technology Strategy - fastforward 2008 | |

|AFR|Tunisia – Tunisian Republic |Ministère de | |Education Quality Improvement Program (EQIP) | |

|ICA|last updated: Mar 09 |l'enseignement supérieur | | | |

| | |(Arabic / French / | |Strategie Nationale | |

| | |English) | | | |

|ASI|Turkey – Republic of Turkey |Ministry of Education | |Several ICT projects (2004) |Content: access, curricula, teacher training, |

|A |last updated: Mar 09 |(Turkish) | | | |

|C.A|Turks and Caicos Islands |Ministry of Education | |Current Education Policy | |

|MER|last updated: Mar 09 | | | | |

| | | | |Education Plan of 2006-2010 (2005) | |

|ASI|Turkmenistan |Ministry of Education (no | | | |

|A |last updated: Mar 09 |site found) | | | |

|OCE|Tuvalu |Ministry of Education, | |Tuvalu Department of Education strategic plan |Content: EMIS |

|AN |last updated: Mar 09 |Sports and Culture (no | |2006 - 2010 | |

| | |site found) | | | |

|AFR|Uganda – Republic of Uganda |Ministry of Education and | |ICT4D National Policy (2003) |Content: ICT training, connectivity projects, curricula, content |

|ICA|last updated: Oct 08 |Sports (English) | | | |

| | | | |Status of ICT4E projects | |

|EUR|Ukraina |Ministry of Education and | | | |

|OPE|last updated: July 09 |Science (Ukrainian) | | | |

|ASI|United Arab Emirates |Ministry of Education |Student’s portal | | |

|A |last updated: Oct 08 |(Arabic/English) | | | |

|EUR|United Kingdom – United Kingdom of|Department for educations | |e-strategy: 'Harnessing Technology: |Year: 2005 |

|OPE|Great Britain and Northern Ireland|and skills (English) | |Transforming learning and children's services'|Notes: It is an ambitious strategy covering all sectors for the |

| | | | | |next five years and beyond. |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |British Educational Communications and | |

| | | | |Technology Agency (Becta) | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | |Transforming teaching and learning through ICT| |

| | | | |in schools (2005) | |

|N.A|United States – United States of |Department of Education | |The US does not have a policy but rather has a|Information on technology in education in all states |

|MER|America | | |national Education Technology Plan (2006). | |

| |last updated: Oct 08 | | | | |

| | | | |Example of State policy- Maryland Technology | |

| | | | |in Education Plan 2002-2005 | |

|S.A|Uruguay – Eastern Republic of |Ministerio de Educación y |Uruguay Educa (Spanish) |Agenda Digital 2008-2010 |Content: educative portal, connectivity and school infrastructure,|

|MER|Uruguay |Cultura (Spanish) | |(spanish, 2008) |training, one device per student and teacher (Proyecto Ceibal: |

| |last updated: Oct 08 | | | |large scale OLPC implementation). |

|ASI|Uzbekistan – Republic of |Ministry of higher and | |National Action Plan on |Content: distance education, curricula, school infrastructure, |

|A |Uzbekistan |secondary specialized | |Education for All (2002) |school administration, teacher training |

| |last updated: Mar 09 |Education | | | |

| | |(Uzbek/Russian/English) | |ICTP Website (2005) | |

|OCE|Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu |Ministry of Education (no | |Education master plan 2007-2016 (French) | |

|AN |last updated: Mar 09 |site found) | | | |

| | | | |Policy for open and distance learning | |

|S.A|Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of|Ministerio del poder |Portal Educativo (Spanish) |Plan Estratégico de Tecnologías de Información|Content: very detailed plan including content, infrastructure, |

|MER|Venezuela |popular para la Educación | |y Comunicaciones para el Sector Educativo |teacher training, maintenance and support |

| |last updated: Oct 08 |(Spanish) |Red nacional de |Nacional 2002 – 2007 (2002, spanish) | |

| | | |actualización docente | | |

| | | |mediante la informática y la|Plan Nacional de Tecnologías de Información | |

| | | |telemática (spanish) |(2001, spanish) | |

|ASI|Vietnam – Socialist Republic of |Ministry of Education and | |Master Plan for IT in Education 2001-2005 |Content: infrastructure, teacher training, |

|A |Vietnam |Training (English / | |(2001) | |

| |last updated: Oct 08 |Vietnamese) | | | |

| | | | |Accelerating the Use and Development of | |

| | | | |Information Technology for the Cause of the | |

| | | | |Industrialization and Modernization of the | |

| | | | |Communist Party of Viet Nam (2000) | |

|ASI|Yemen – Republic of Yemen |Ministry of Education | |National ICT Policy for Higher Education |Content: management and maintenance of information resources, |

|A |last updated: Mar 09 |(Arabic / English) | |(2005) |Academic Records Management Information Systems, Financial |

| | | | | |Management Information Systems, data communication infrastructure,|

| | | | |National ICT Master Plan (2005-2008) |end-user computer skills training, management information systems,|

| | | | | |e-learning and e-library |

|AFR|Zambia – Republic of Zambia |Ministry of Education | |National ICT Policy (2006) |Contents: e-learning, curricula, teacher training, partnerships, |

|ICA|last updated: Mar 09 |(English, temporarily | | |affordable equipment for students and teachers. |

| | |down) | |ICT policy and an ICT Strategy Implementation | |

| | | | |Plan for the Ministry of Education (doc not | |

| | | | |found) | |

|AFR|Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe |Ministry of Education, | |Zimbabwe National Information and |Content: capacity building, e-learning, schools and technical |

|ICA|last updated: Oct 08 |sport and culture | |Communication Technology (ICT) Policy |education |

| | | | |Framework (2005) | |

Interesting Documents and Resources on ICT4E Policies and Plans

Readers might find additional interesting information at the following links:

1- GeSCI’s ICT & the Third Revolution in Education Policy by Patti Swarts

2- APCS series of documents on ICT policy and policy development

3- UNESCO / InfoDev ICT in Education Policy Toolkit - Very comprehensive resource with documentation and tools.

4- ICT Policies and e- Strategies in the Asia-Pacific (2009)

5- Article “Towards the Connected Learning Society” by Peter Kearns. The report concludes with the identification of fifteen criteria for leading practice in policy for ICT in education.

6- UNESCO Bangkok has developed a very interesting ICT in education toolkit.

7- InfoDev Survey of ICT and Education in Africa

8- InfoDev ICT4E Caribbean Survey (coming soon)

9- Global Information Society Watch, 2007 report.

10- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has done lots of work on ICT in Education policies for its member states. They have developed a template for a “good” policy.

Interestingly, ICTs are handled under the general theme of Education Reform.

11- Naido, V. 2003, "ICT in Education Policy – Reflecting on Key Issues" presentation given at conference on ICT in African Schools.

12- “Monitoring and Evaluation of ICT4E: An Introduction” by InfoDev, 2007

13- NCREL, various reports and documents on ICT4E policy

14- US Education Commission of the States, Information on what some US states are doing.

15- Very interesting paper on technical assistance to States to improve their Technology Plans.

16- US- Education Policy Information Clearing House

17- ICT in Secondary Education in the Pacific Region: Status, Trends and Prospects

18- Very interesting document “A Report on Australian Policies for Information and Communication Technologies in Education and Training” that reviews the various national and state policies-

19- Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Technology-Enhanced Education – Finnish Perspective

20- A very interesting paper on “An International Overview of Trends in Policy for Information and Communication Technology in Education”-

21- E-europe on ICTs & Education - Policy link.

22- European Community i2010

Note: We strive to keep the links updated regularly. However, given the constantly changing nature of the Internet, if a link on this page is not working we suggest that you copy the document title (or organizations domain, as appropriate) into your favorite search engine.

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