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While the right to education is recognised as fundamental for each citizen, access to it is not guaranteed. In the developing world, the essential building blocks for education systems are suffering from deficiencies, ICT can help respond to these challenges and create the environment that is conducive for effective and quality education systems.

This "Topic"-section gives an overview of the topic of "ICT in class" in the context of international development cooperation. The geographical focus is currently being placed on the African continent.

A broader understanding of the concept of literacy to move beyond the capacity of reading and writing, integration of ICT and education issues across various government departments, shared vision between the funding agencies, implementers and beneficiaries, contextualizing the projects to the needs of the beneficiaries are some of the recommendations of the report on Information Technologies and Education for the Poor in Africa

This book looks at the emerging relationships between sustainable development and the information society. The potential of information and communications technology to contribute to a more sustainable world is limitless. The challenge is to bring the policy communities together and help them understand the links. In this volume, some important challenges are outlined—and some important examples of success are highlighted. Edited by Terri Willard and Maja Andjelkovic, this book contains research findings by seven young researchers from six countries highlighting their country specific experiences and situations on interlinkages between Information Society and Sustainable Development.