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[[Image:Kiribati CIA-map.gif|frame|right|Source: Original gif on: [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kr.html the CIA's "The World Factbook" / Kiribati]]]
''Kiribati'', officially the '''Republic of Kiribati''', is an island nation located in the [[Oceania]] region in the central tropical [[Pacific Ocean]]. The name '''Kiribati''' is the local pronunciation of '''Gilberts''', derived from the main island chain, the '''Gilbert Islands'''.
''Kiribati'', officially the '''Republic of Kiribati''', is an island nation located in the [[Oceania]] region in the central tropical [[Pacific Ocean]]. The name '''Kiribati''' is the local pronunciation of '''Gilberts''', derived from the main island chain, the '''Gilbert Islands'''. Kiribati also consists of the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands.


It is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres (1,351,000 square miles) straddling the equator and bordering the International Date Line to the east.  
It is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres (1,351,000 square miles) straddling the equator and bordering the International Date Line to the east.  


The population is 107,000.
The population is 100,743 (a July 2011 estimate according to CIA's World Factbook).


The capital city is South Tarawa.
The capital city is South Tarawa.

Revision as of 07:59, 24 June 2011


Experts situated in Kiribati

None so far.

Kiribati in a nutshell

Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the Oceania region in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The name Kiribati is the local pronunciation of Gilberts, derived from the main island chain, the Gilbert Islands. Kiribati also consists of the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands.

It is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres (1,351,000 square miles) straddling the equator and bordering the International Date Line to the east.

The population is 100,743 (a July 2011 estimate according to CIA's World Factbook).

The capital city is South Tarawa.

Education in Kiribati

Schools in Kiribati

Further and Higher education

Universities in Kiribati

Polytechnics in Kiribati

Colleges in Kiribati

Education reform

Schools

Post-secondary

Administration and finance

Schools

Post-secondary

Quality assurance

Schools

Post-secondary

Information society

ICT in education initiatives

Virtual initiatives in schools

Virtual initiatives in post-secondary education

Lessons learnt

General lessons

Notable practices

Kiribati is one of the 12 member countries of the University of the South Pacific (USP), and therefore it has access to the facilities of the university, including the USP Centre on Tarawa and, through it, to the USPNet satellite system.


For details of ICT in Education see http://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ict/Metasurvey/KIRIBATI.PDF

This could be expanded here into a full country report.


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