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Nepal to have education ICT masterplan

By Xinghui Guo | 17 November 2011

By the end of 2011, Nepal’s Ministry of Education is expected to put out an ICT in Education Masterplan with UNESCO’s support.

This plan seeks to guide the education sector in using ICT as a fundamental tool for effective teaching and learning processes as it is now the right time to introduce initiatives that strengthen the use of ICT in education in Nepal”, according to UNESCO.

Hence, the UNESCO Office in Kathmandu, in collaboration with the Nepal National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Office in Bangkok, is supporting the masterplan’s preparation.

This plan is expected to help the country achieve the following objectives:

Improve policy, planning and management for the development of ICT in education;

Expand equitable access to, and enhance quality in education;

Develop knowledge and skills of the policy makers, managers, teachers and other enablers in implementing ICT in education; and

Contribute to reducing the digital divide.

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