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• Education became an HVO recently in Qatar and ICT is one of our major focus at the moment
• In the International Telecommunication Union’s ICT Development Index, which ranks countries by their tech muscle, Qatar is the only Arab country to make the top 30. Computer penetration in Qatar more than doubled between 2008 and 2012, from 32 % to 67 %, while internet usage grew from 36 % to 69 %.
• ICT is highly involved in the Supreme Education Council (Ministry of Education), and there is a big demand for the British Expertise and British Curriculum.

• Russia’s educational system is undergoing extensive modernisation for students to develop 21st century skills – technology and media literacy, effective communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration. A national education project, started in 2006, has already doubled the number of modern computers in Russian schools. In addition, all schools have been connected by Russian government to the Internet.
• Currently, a state program called “Education and Innovative Economy Development” is being run to support the development of the most promising activities in secondary and higher education including modern learning environments with improved teaching methods, professional development for teachers, modern technology, Internet connectivity, and local digital content.
• Most ICT classes take place in secondary school (12-16 years), students in primary school are introduced to the basics of computer literacy at a young age. This is in line with guidelines from the Federal Education Agency of Russia, which recommends that schools develop an educational programme to teach students about computer technology. Russian students study for a total of 11 years and enter 1st class at the age of six to seven years. The federal guidelines indicate that ICT should be included in the curriculum from 2nd class onwards.

• Saudi Arabia is the largest ICT market in the MENA Region
• ICT spending has grown at over 10% per year since 2001
• Strong commitment to e-commerce and e-governance initiatives (including IP protection)
• Saudi Arabia offers compelling growth opportunities for IT solution providers across multiple industry verticals owing to the the government's economic diversification plan, which is driving growth and investment in the private sector.
• Global IT firms with considerable local presence will benefit the most from this opportunity.

• Gap between ICT education programmes offered within all segments of education and business-market needs.
• Lack of teaching staff and researchers in ICT. Existing teaching staff is in a need of ICT skills development.
• Insufficient use of ICT equipment in education programmes. Opportunity for software and equipment suppliers

• Singapore aspires to be a centre for innovation in the use of infocomm technologies for the education and learning sector.
• The value of training sufficient ICT mentors in the school system to share good practices (e.g. ICT-based lesson plans) with other teachers via The ICT Connection – an online platform.
• The Fourth Masterplan for ICT in Education will be launched in late 2014 / 2015 – key objective is to bridge students’ digital interests to the way they learn in school to achieve meaningful learning outcomes. There is likely to be
  a focus on enhancing teachers’ ICT competencies.

• The South African Government’s contribution to public education remains their single largest investment. The budget for 2014 allocated £15bn to the sector, 20% of Government expenditure. South Africa has 12 million pupils in 25,000 schools. There are 23 public universities, 50 public further education colleges and numerous private institutions.
• South Africa has both an advanced and developing economy in ICT in education. The higher income population has access to sophisticated technology but the majority of state run education institutions have limited access to computers and skills for ICT. The South African Government, through its Broadband policy strategy: South Africa Connect, has set a target to offer 90% of South Africans a minimum speed of 5 Megabits per second (Mbps) by 2020.
• South Africa operates a policy of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) to redress the imbalances of black participation in the economy under the apartheid regime. This legislation influences government procurement and as a result we recommend looking for a local partner to represent you in this market.

• The Korean e-learning market was worth approximately USD 3 billion in 2013.
• Over 80.6 percent of Koreans currently own a PC and over 79.8 percent are internet users.
• 57.1 percent of internet users used some form of e-learning and as many as 80.2% of elementary, middle and high school students are believed to use the technology.

• Education/ ICT features in most of the countries’ National
  Development Plans in the region
• Companies with a targeted and strategic approach are more
  successful in operating in the region.
• The countries in the region are at different stages of development of
  this sector therefore there is no generic scope or landscape for the
  region.

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• Spanish schools private sector is 2nd largest in Europe (17%) after
  Belgium
• Many private schools are actively investigating new mobile apps
• Spain is one of the UK’s main EFL markets, and new apps and online
  solutions are coming to the market