Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Zambia Country Report
This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev)-supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issue...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/9894780/survey-ict-education-africa-zambia-country-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10692 |
| Summary: | This short country report, a result of
larger Information for Development Program
(infoDev)-supported survey of the Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa,
provides a general overview of current activities and issues
related to ICT use in education in the country. The
penetration levels of ICTs in Zambia's education
institutions remains low, with those schools that are
equipped mostly utilizing second-hand and refurbished
computers. The integration of ICTs in learning and teaching
practice has been limited, although the introduction of
computer studies as a school study subject has begun to
change this. The recent adoption of a national ICT policy,
as well as the development of a draft ICT policy for
education and an associated implementation framework,
provides an enabling policy environment to promote far
greater access and use of ICTs across all sectors of
Zambia's education system, including a system for
enhancing education management, administration, and teaching
and learning. While the goals and targets set in these
policy documents seem realistic, realizing them within the
established time frames remains a challenge. |
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