James Crawley
Information and Communication Technologies for Education. The Experiences of ICT Impact on Zambian Secondary Schools
This dissertation researches the impact that Information and communication Technology (ICT) has had on the secondary school education system in Zambia. The research aim was to evaluate the impact current use of ICT for education has on Zambian society, culture and the economy. Whilst looking at how political influences effects the education and the wider development of the country. The main objectives of the research were: identifying what part ICTs play in the success or failures of secondary schools; examining the extent that the potential of ICT4E was being maximised in Zambian secondary schools; the wider impacts of ICT4E; identifying what sustainable ICTs practices are implemented to ensure long-term solutions to the education crisis in Zambia; seeing what alterations could be made to improve contributions of ICTs in secondary education. The main conclusions from the research were: ICT has had a limited impact in the success of Zambian secondary schools; the major limiting factor to advanced ICT use in schools remains a lack of coordinated government ICT policy; a second limiting factor is the lack of opportunities to educate teachers in more advance use of the technology meaning many schools simply use ICTs as glorified type-writers; in certain schools the technology provides a learning centre for the surrounding community, disseminating local information on HIV/AIDS, providing ICT training and Internet access; despite a lack of external funding, schools can be self sustaining if supported by the Headmaster, PTA or local community.
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