Understanding the Nature and Role of Ict

Although great universiti es have always been internati onal insti tuti ons, states have emphasized nati onal responsibility for schooling ever since popular educati on began to develop in the 18th and 19th centuries. Countries consider that educati on is a vital element in their cultural, economic and social development. More recently, the shared percepti on that educati on systems are increasingly important factors in economic development has sti mulated interacti on between countries as they try to learn from each other’s policy successes and failures. The drive towards Universal Primary Educati on, which has gathered steadily increasing momentum since the Jomti en Forum in 1990, has been an impressive exercise in internati onal cooperati on. CONTENTS: