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Revision as of 11:38, 10 May 2023
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For entities in Marshall Islands see Category:Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is a nation in Micronesia of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. It is located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia, and south of the US territory of Wake Island, to which it lays claim.
Its population is around 62,000 people
Its capital is Majuro (by some, called Delap).
Education
The Marshall Islands Ministry of Education operates the state schools in the Marshall Islands.
There is a college in the Marshall Islands, the College of the Marshall Islands.
There is also a branch of the University of the South Pacific.
ICT Initiatives
The Ministry of Education (MOE) has been working towards developing and utilising ICT to improve its efficiency, effectiveness and transparency by addressing its networking and database collection capabilities. The MOE is searching for IT-related grants to purchase professional grade database software and hardware, and to seek technical assistance for IT development and training.
With the assistance of the Community After-School Recreational Education (CARE) program and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Majuro Middle School and all elementary schools on Majuro have access to the Internet and networking programs. Currently, most schools in Majuro and Ebeye have access to computers in the classroom. Two high schools on the outer islands, Jaluit and Wotje, also have access to computer facilities. For the most part, the computers are utilized with educational software by the instructors to assist students learning math, English, typing and word processing. Because there is no curriculum developed for ICT in grades K–12, the schools’ various computer facilities are used primarily as support for staff and other academic subjects. Any future development of ICT curriculum for the public schools will be designed, presented and implemented by the MOE.
For more details see http://www.rmiembassyus.org/Education.htm
For OER policies and projects in Marshall Islands see Marshall Islands/OER