A Telecentre in Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea is developing an ICT in education strategy to guide resource allocation and prioritisation in the sector. Squarely focused on international trends, the strategy aims to use ICT to leverage particular national comparative advantages, emphasize energy efficiency and new technologies such as thin-client architecture, virtualisation and flash-based computing. The strategy also elevates the XO-PC to a more permanent position in the school system. A number of consultations have taken place to formulate the strategy and a draft is expected by December 2009. The ICT strategy will offer a summary of international trends in ICT and particularly a summary of how education systems are taking advantage of ICT. The strategy paper will provide a situational analysis and finally will present a tactic for better adoption and utilisation of ICTs in the education sector.