Educational technologies have the potential to
expand the educational horizons of millions and the benefits of
improving and having an efficient education system are clear.
According to UNESCO's Education for All Global Monitoring
Report one third of young people in sub-Saharan Africa fail to
complete primary school and lack skills for work. Many students who
do complete school leave illiterate.
This is contrary to the common assumption that it takes four or
five years of schooling for children to use reading, writing and
calculation with ease. It is accepted that class sizes and
teacher-student interactions have a direct effect on the quality of
education that a student receives. Sub-Saharan African countries
have an average pupil/teacher ratio of 42:1 and it is expected that
by 2030 there will be three and a half times as many young people
in sub-Saharan Africa as there were in 1980. To achieve the goal of
universal primary education it is anticipated that more than
