ICTs and Indigenous Languages as Agents for the Actualization of Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria

Autor/in	Olise, Festus Prosper
Titel	ICTs and Indigenous Languages as Agents for the Actualization of Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria
Quelle	In: International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 9 (2013) 2, S.79-87, Artikel 7 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1550-1876
DOI	10.4018/jicte.2013040107
Schlagwörter	Information Technology; African Languages; Foreign Countries; Economic Development; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Crime; Poverty; Costs; Language Usage; Indigenous Populations; Hunger; Access to Education; Sex Fairness; Child Health; Mothers; Disease Control; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Sustainability; Objectives; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationstechnologie; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Ausland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Armut; Cost; Kosten; Sprachgebrauch; Sinti und Roma; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Sexualaufklärung; Mother; Mutter; Nachhaltigkeit; Goal definition; Zielsetzung
Abstract	This paper advocates for the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and indigenous languages for the actualization of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria because both tools are capable of transforming the rural and urban populace. It explores the MDGs so as to unravel the ways ICTs and indigenous languages can facilitate the speedy actualization of MDGs in Nigeria, a country with peculiar cultural heritage and with over 750 indigenous languages. It also analyzes some of the contending constraints confronting Nigeria from actualizing MDGs such as corruption, extreme poverty, lack of attention to indigenous languages, high cost of ICTs which are products of bad leadership. The effective use of Nigeria's different indigenous languages and ICTs, it maintains, remains the most effective way towards educating Nigerians and achieving the MDGs in Nigeria come 2015. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01