ALLI MCHARAZO

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HIGHLIGHTS ON ICT POLICY FOR BASIC EDUCATION

• ALLI MCHARAZO

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Introduction

• ICT offers new opportunities to enhance education
  to improve the quality of delivery education in
  all areas
• MOEVT believes that the use of ICT in teaching,
  learning, administration management represent a
  powerful tool with which to achieve educational
  national development objectives

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Education objectives policy objectives

• to promote the acquisition and appropriate use
  of literary, social, scientific, vocational,
  technological, professional and other forms of
  knowledge, skills and understanding for the
  development and improvement of man and society
  (Education and Training Policy, 1995)
• The policy guides the integration of ICT in basic
  education
• It is directed at the achievement of the
  objectives of Tanzanias education policies and
  education development programmes

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Scope of policy coverage

• Basic education
• Pre-primary, primary, secondary, researcher
  education, non-formal adult education
• Semi autonomous agencies
• ADEM, IAE, NECTA, TIE, TLSB, VETA

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Expected outcomes

• Improvement of access equity to basic education
• Increase the number and quality of teachers
• Increase in levels of acquisition and use of
  knowledge skills for all learners
• Improvement of efficiency effectiveness of the
  management administration of education at all
  levels
• Broaden the basic education financing, while
  optimizing the use of education resources

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Prioritization sustainability

• Priority levels Teacher education, Secondary
  education (in phase) and primary education
• At the same time Adult Education, vocational
  training, libraries and administration and
  management

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ICT Philosophy for basic education vision and
mission

• VISION
• A well educated and learning knowledge society

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• MISSION
• Integrate ICT to enhance access, equity,
• quality and relevance of basic education,
• while stimulating and improving teaching
• and life-long learning

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Objectives of the policy

• The objectives of this policy are to
• Intergrate the use of ICT to achieve educational
  policy objectives
• Promote the harmonization of activities,
  approaches and standards in the educational uses
  of ICT
• Ensure that there exists equitable access to ICT
  resources by students, teachers and
  administrators in all regions and types of
  educational institutions and offices
• Ensure proper management maintenance of ICT
  resources
• Facilitate the development use of ICT as a
  pedagogical tool
• Promote development of local content for basic
  education and others
• Encourage partnership
• Facilitate use of ICT resources in schools,
  colleges and libraries

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Challenges of ICT policy for basic education

• Some of the challenges foreseen in this policy
  are
• Insufficient prioritization of ICT in the
  implementation of educational and development
  policies
• Inadequate and development in sharing,
  collaboration and partnership in ICT
  implementation
• Inadequate infrastructure
• Insufficient number of qualified technical
  personnel
• Insufficient financial resources
• Inadequate training and capacity development
  resulting in under-utilisation of ICT
• Lack of awareness on importance of ICT

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Policy context

• The context of this Policy for ICT implementation
  in the education sector originates from a number
  of country policy documents
• Tanzania Development Vision 2025
• National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of
  Poverty (NSGRP)
• Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
• National Information and Communications
  Technologies Policy
• Education and Training Policy of 1995 (ETP)
• Education Sector Development Programme (ESDP)
• Education Sector Review
• World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

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ICT Policy statements

• Infrastructure and Technical Issues
• Curriculum and Content
• Training and Capacity Building
• Planning, Procurement and Administration
• Management, Support and Sustainability
• Monitoring and Evaluation

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Modalities for implementation

• Publicise this policy on ICT in education in as
  many ways as possible
• Form an ICT4E Unit and a network of ICT4E Focal
  persons in all departments to oversee the
  integration
• Facilitate the preparation and implementation of
  the necessary Action Plans, in collaboration with
  stakeholders
• ICT4E Unit will be advised by a Steering
  Committee, comprised of key stakeholders,
  partners and Ministry representatives, as well as
  Technical Advisory Groups for specific areas
• Implementation of this policy will be via a
  partnership approach involving the community,
  private and public organizations, and development
  partners.

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• Ministry will value what work has been done by
  other partners
• Implementation of this policy will be aligned to
  all relevant national and sectoral ICT programmes
  in Tanzania, as well as related regional and
  international initiatives.

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