Information about The Solomon Islands

• Meta-survey on the Use of Technologies in Education in Asia and the Pacific 2003-2004
• Examples of ICT use in non-formal education

External links

• People’s First Network
  The People First Network was initiated by UNDP/UNOPS participatory development and is strengthening the Solomon Islands Development Administration and Participatory Planning Programme. The Network (PFnet) is an email system based on robust, proven and sustainable technology that permits remote locations on islands across thousands of square kilometres to have access to the Internet and emails using a simple computer, short-wave radio, and solar power. PFnet aims to promote and facilitate equitable and sustainable rural development and peace building, by enabling better information sharing and knowledge building among and across the communities of the Solomon Islands.
• Distance learning and research project in Sasamungga
  The People First Network (PFnet) of the Rural Development Volunteers Association in partnership with USP Centre have launched a project which will help USP to deliver distance learning courses to remote areas using email. As a spin-off of the PFnet programme, in partnership with the University of the South Pacific Centre, Honiara, a computer facility has been set up and one of the existing rural email connections utilised to pilot a distance learning facility in Sasamungga Community High School, and also to conduct research into the impact of the PFnet email station, operating since October 2001. Outputs of the project are expected to lead to better access to distance learning courses in rural areas and better delivery and supervision of the students by the USP administrators and tutors.
• People First Net Brings Hope to Solomon Islands
  The People First Network was initiated by a UNDP/UNOPS participatory development and institutional strengthening project. It is now organised and run as a project of the Rural Development Volunteers Association, a non-profit association set up and affiliated to the Ministry of Provincial Government and Rural Development. This article explains the motivations that were driving the project and shows its results in bringing hope to the Solomon Islands