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• The Ethiopian government is committed to the exploitation and application of ICT to the education sector. To that end, the government has made considerable investment in ICT infrastructure, especially at secondary school level. Currently 71 % of secondary schools are equipped with plasma-TV and 26% have access to internet service. Quality of education improved significantly.
• The government’s strategy to develop and implement a technology responsive ICT national curriculum for primary, secondary and higher education as well as for other educational institutions; train a critical mass of computer-literate teachers for teaching ICT; equip educational institutions with ICT resources, including computer hard and soft-ware; devise affordable financial packages and schemes for teachers and students to acquire ICT including computer hard- and soft-ware; promote private sector participation in ICT-related education and training in secondary and tertiary education is well under way

Challenges;

• Low level of confidence amongst a number of teachers on the benefits of ICT.
• Serious shortage of plasma TV in emerging regions.
• Lack of accessories for maintenance of plasma TV’s in many schools, in particular at primary level, and in remote rural