A $13 million World Bank loan is helping to develop Tunisia’s ICT sector. The project includes support to institutional and sector reforms; improving e-security mechanisms; developing e-government applications such as e-Justice and e-Culture portals; and promoting the participation of the private sector in ICT development. As one component of the loan, the Tunisian e-Disabled project is enabling 8,000 disabled children to access primary education enabled by ICTs. Special education centers across the country are receiving computer laboratories that are equipped with accessible hardware and software such as Braille keyboards, touch-screens, and software with sign language translation. By September 2010, the total population of disabled school children, some 15,000 children, will be covered. The project also funds 24 Internet centers across the country (two per Governorate) with accessible hardware and software equipment.
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