Deploying Affordable and Available Telecommunications Infrastructure for the Education Sector in The Gambia

Abstract

This paper focuses on key challenges impeding the deployment of Internet Connectivity to Schools, implementation of ICT in education and provision of requisite ICT tools to enhance delivery and quality of education in The Gambia. Given the fact that implementation of submarine cable and landing station for The Gambia(Africa Coast to Europe -ACE) is at advanced stage and implementation of National Fibre Optic Backbone infrastructure is ongoing, leveraging these two major telecommunications projects to address the telecommunications needs of educational institutions is also looked into.