14 December 2022

Gabon plans to connect 90% of schools to the internet by 2026 to enable young people to have access to information and to benefit from the possibilities offered by digital technology.

“This program should enable 90% of public and private denominational schools in Gabon to use digital tools in their learning process by 2026. The goal is to connect pre-primary and secondary schools to the internet,” said general coordinator for the digitization of primary education, Joachim Ondjila Ongnélé.

This initiative is the result of a partnership between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International Telecommunications Union (IUT), which aims to connect every school to the Internet.

“UNICEF is once again committed to strengthening its collaboration with your department in order to contribute to the response to the learning crisis which is affecting the performance of our education systems,” said Jean René Guikoumbi, child development specialist at UNICEF.