The inclusion of ICT in Schools
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A country recovering from a devastating 10 years civil war and an Ebola outbreak in 2014 that has destroyed its entire infrastructure, Sierra Leone still has huge gaps in both ICT policies (National & Educational), which has gotten a negative implication for the effective use of ICT most especially in the educational system.
As such; Information and communication technology (ICT) plays a very significant role in the advancement of any nation; through digital economic productivity which enhances the delivery of public and private services and achieving broad socio-economic goals in sectors like; education, health care, employment and human social capacity development. As a result of this factual reality, countries are advancing their National & Educational ICT policies every day to underpin growth in a variety of socio-economic sectors which helps them stand tall in terms of development and competition. Apparently, given the rapid evolution of ICT in the 21st Century due to a variety of newly emerging technologies, it is no doubt that systematic examination and evaluation of comprehensive policies and strategies are essential. In the education sector, policy-makers are yet to realize that access to ICT can help individuals to compete in a global community.
Henceforth, the argument that ICT has a significant effect throughout the educational system is because;
*It facilitates learning and provides students with new sets of technological skills;
*It reaches students with poor or no access (especially those in rural and remote villages);
*It facilitates and improve the training of teachers to be technologically incline; and
*Minimizes the costs associated with the method of traditional teaching and delivery of notes in
making it digitalized.
However, it's beyond this unprecedented backdrop a non-profit organization called IT Specialists Without Borders was established. Whilst drafting the aforementioned project on the scope of addressing the arising ICT challenges which drives towards increasing its technological impact on human lives, inclusive of Schools, remote and underprivileged communities within the 16 districts of Sierra Leone. With thousands of school going pupils as our primary beneficiaries.
It's high time the world saw reason in "Giving Hope to the Hopeless through ICT"
As such; Information and communication technology (ICT) plays a very significant role in the advancement of any nation; through digital economic productivity which enhances the delivery of public and private services and achieving broad socio-economic goals in sectors like; education, health care, employment and human social capacity development. As a result of this factual reality, countries are advancing their National & Educational ICT policies every day to underpin growth in a variety of socio-economic sectors which helps them stand tall in terms of development and competition. Apparently, given the rapid evolution of ICT in the 21st Century due to a variety of newly emerging technologies, it is no doubt that systematic examination and evaluation of comprehensive policies and strategies are essential. In the education sector, policy-makers are yet to realize that access to ICT can help individuals to compete in a global community.
Henceforth, the argument that ICT has a significant effect throughout the educational system is because;
*It facilitates learning and provides students with new sets of technological skills;
*It reaches students with poor or no access (especially those in rural and remote villages);
*It facilitates and improve the training of teachers to be technologically incline; and
*Minimizes the costs associated with the method of traditional teaching and delivery of notes in
making it digitalized.
However, it's beyond this unprecedented backdrop a non-profit organization called IT Specialists Without Borders was established. Whilst drafting the aforementioned project on the scope of addressing the arising ICT challenges which drives towards increasing its technological impact on human lives, inclusive of Schools, remote and underprivileged communities within the 16 districts of Sierra Leone. With thousands of school going pupils as our primary beneficiaries.
It's high time the world saw reason in "Giving Hope to the Hopeless through ICT"
Organizer and beneficiary
Abdulai Kemoh Conteh
Organizer
Virginia Beach, VA
IT specialist Without borders
Beneficiary