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ICTs to enhance quality of life and upskill the work force
The Government of Niue’s states the following as its ICT policy vision:
The government envisages a Niue where every member of the community has affordable access to the information economy in order to enhance quality of life. Greater access and familiarity with the information and communication economy will contribute to economic development through the learning of relevant ICT skills, protocols and opportunities. Concomitant with government initiatives to up-skill Niue’s workforce [is] Niue’s growing ICT-related labour market [to] provide one of the prerequisites to the creation of an indigenous ICT industry. Over the medium term, an indigenous ICT industry will create a significant level of economic activity, as well as [provide] employment opportunities of the necessary profile to assist in retaining residents in Niue.
The policy goals relevant to education are as follows:
- Structure educational policy to contribute to the creation of an ICT workforce
- Train and retrain the workforce to benefit from the opportunities presented by the ICT economy
Other policies relate to investment incentives for the ICT industry. A National Information Technology Committee was formed in June 1999 to advise the cabinet on strategies to create an ICT industry in Niue.
(Information here taken from the Meta-Survey paper ICT in Education: Niue)