Pocket statistics: Tertiary Education in the Comores

Overview of the tertiary education system in the Comores

Source:Unesco Institute for Statistics

The country has a population of approximately 747 000 people with 66% reported to reside in rural areas and 42% of the population between 0 and 14 years of age. Trend statistics for the last decade are not available.

Tertiary Gross Enrolment Ratio Statistics

	1990/91	1998/99	2000/01	2002/03	VUSSC Average
MF Total	-	1%	-	2%	-
Male	-	1%	-	3%	-
Female	-	1	-	2%	-

There are XX government funded tertiary education institutions in the country providing learning opportunities for XX students. A strategic priority for the Comores' tertiary system is ...... Say something about ICT infrastructure and opportunities and challenges for elearning.

Government funded Tertiary Education Institutions

University of Comores, (Moroni)

Name of Institution	University of Comores
Website	www.UNIV-comores.org
Type of Institution	University, Institutes
Main mode of delivery	Campus-based
Number of students	2,600 students (2005/6 figures)
Learning Management System(s)	Blackboard
Overview of e-learning	The University of Comores does not use e-learning yet. Using their computer department at the Higher Institute of Technology. They are training trainers at the Training Institute of Education. Interested in the development of e-Learning and ICTs at the University, but nothing in place yet.

Name of institution (City)

Name of Institution	Enter name here
Website	Eg http://www.col.org
Type of Institution	Eg. University, Polytechnic, Community College etc
Main mode of delivery	Eg. Campus-based, Single mode DE, Mixed Mode etc.
Number of students	State number of students and year here, eg 13 547 (2004 fugures)
Learning Management System(s)	For example ATutor, Moodle, KewlNextGen, Blackboard, WebCT etc.
Overview of e-learning	Enter brief description of e-learning activities at the institution