Angola

Partners situated in Angola

None.

Angola in a nutshell

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (Portuguese: República de Angola, Kongo: Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in south-central Africa bordering Namibia to the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, and Zambia to the east, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean. The exclave province Cabinda has a border with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The official language is Portuguese.

(sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola)

Angola education system

(sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Angola)

Education in Angola has four years of compulsory, free primary education which began at age seven, and secondary education which began at age eleven, lasting eight years. Basic adult literacy continues to be extremely low, but there are conflicting figures from government and other sources. It is difficult to assess not only literacy but also other educational needs. Statistics available in 2001 from UNICEF estimate adult literacy to be 56 percent for males and 29 percent for women.

Higher education

Universities in Angola

These include:

• University of Agostinho Neto, a large public university in Luanda and Huambo
• Independent University of Angola (Universidade Independente de Angola), a private university based in Luanda
• Catholic University of Angola, a small private university based in Luanda
• Lusiada University, a small private Portuguese university with a campuses in Luanda, Benguela and Cabinda, Angola
• Jean Piaget University of Angola, a small private university based in Luanda and Benguela (province)

Angola's HEIs in the information society

There is a report from infoDev at http://www.infodev.org/en/Publication.385.html

Virtual Campuses in HE

Interesting Virtual Campus Initiatives

• 
UCB Virtual Pólo Angola is a department of the Universidade Católica de Brasília located in Brasilia, Brazil. UCB Virtual offers 16 Graduate Courses, 27 Post Grad Courses and 15 Short Courses available in Brazil, Japan, Angola and USA. In Angola, UCB Virtual works in partnership with [Escola Católica Dom Bosco in Luanda. Its main objective is to help the lower class population to continue with their studies. Examples of short courses available: Entrepreneurship, Tutor training, Instrumental English, Tourism Marketing, Public administration of tourism amongst others. 
UCB Virtual Pólo Angola web site is at <http://www.catolicavirtual.br>

• Centro de Ensino a Distância da UAN (Distance Learning Center – Agostinho Neto University)

Interesting Programmes

• CyaBite is a school of IT and Computer Science located in São Paulo, Brazil. Since 1988 CyaBite has been training thousands of students, initially in their units in São Paulo and more recently through distance learning. Vocational courses offered include Professional Administrative Assistant, Typing Course, Graphic Design, Web Design, Secretarial Course amongst others. CyaBite can be accessed by students in all Brazilian States, as well as students living in Portugal, Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Moçambique, São Tomé e Príncipe, East Timor as well as Macau in China. CyaBite web site is at <http://www.ciabyte.com.br>

Lessons learnt

None.

References

Wikipedia

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Angola

Others

1. ICT in education in Angola, infoDev, 2007, http://www.infodev.org/en/Publication.385.html

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