"ICT for Education Leaders: From Vision to Reality", the pilot offering of a potential new World Bank core course on ICT and Education, organized by the World Bank Institute (WBI) and the Korean Education Research and Information Service (KERIS), with partnership support from infoDev and UNESCO-Bangkok, will take place from 12-16 November 2007 in Seoul, Korea.

The main focus of this new course is on how a country’s education system and policy can be enriched through the applications of ICT. The course is organized to help policymakers to address the imperative that traditional, formal education systems are facing by raising awareness and understanding about essential elements of an effective application of ICT. The course will review ICT in relation to education policy, relevant strategies, and best practice. The exchange of first-hand experience of ICT use in education policy and its implementation will help policymakers grasp a systematic view in strengthening the competitiveness of their education systems by applying ICT more effectively. The audience for the course will be approximately 35 mid-level government officials in developing countries throughout the world, with a focus on those in the early stages of planning or implementing programs that integrate ICT into educational initiatives.

For more information about this event, please see the World Bank Institute's related event web site at http://go.worldbank.org/30G237S8O0