There are no computers in schools.

Where there are ICTs in schools, it is primarily at the university level, and there are generally fewer than five computers in a school or faculty.

Access to the computer(s) is limited to computer teachers and/or administrators.

Computers tend to be older generation models, such as stand-alone 486 PCs or the equivalent.

Where there are multiple computers installed, they are not networked.

Use of the computer(s) is limited to electronic documents that are available on the hard drive or diskettes.

There may be connectivity for store-and-forward e-mail.

Computers can be found at the university level as well as in primary and secondary schools.

Up to 10 to 15 computers can be found in laboratories for classroom group work, with about four students per computer.

Computer labs are generally only open for computer studies during the day and closed after school, or may be open to teachers for class preparation but closed to students.

Computers tend to be older generation models, such as 486 PCs or higher, and they may be networked with a file and mail server.

There may be an internal Local Area Network (LAN) in place. If there are multiple computer labs, they may be connected through the school network.

Where there are stand-alone PCs, they may have a limited CD-ROM library.

The networked lab achieves connectivity through a dial-up connection to the Internet, which supports limited World Wide Web access.

Most schools at all educational levels have access to computers.

There may be a number of computer labs in each school, and computers may be found in the classroom. In some cases, students and teachers may have individual laptop computers.

Computer labs are open to students and reserved for subject matter classes to use, and are open after school hours. The lab may be open to the community and other schools after school and on weekends.

There may be an internal Web server on the school network - computers as well as other devices are connected to the network.

Classrooms may be wired and connected to the school's Wide Area Network (WAN). Clusters of schools may be connected to a regional WAN to share electronic resources. A national school network may be in place.

Connectivity may be obtained through a leased line or wireless connection with at least 64 to 128 Kbps of dedicated access.