Implementing ICT in Education: Strategies and Challenges

Unity 8: ICT IN EDUCATION POLICY 1 Question to be developed: suggests what to do to implement the ICT in Education policies and what challenges faced during implementation ICT in teaching and learning at the national level (all schools) and in your own classroom. Presented by: HABINSHUTI JEAN CLAUDE FROM GS de GAHINI IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT POLICIES AND CHALLEGES 29/12/2017

what to do to implement the ICT in Education policies at the national level (all schools ) 2 The main purpose of Rwanda vision 2020 is to move from an agriculture based economy to a knowledge-based society and middle-income country 2020.where Education is a key sector to accomplish the goals so that the population is empowered population through the use of ICT. The SMART EDUCATION policy will be used to reach SMART RWANDA we need. As Rwanda needs knowledge-based society the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) has three main goals in order to bust the development of Rwanda: To expand access to education at all levels To improve the quality of education and training To strengthen the relevance of education and training to the labor market including the insertion of 21st century skills 29/12/2017 IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT POLICIES AND CHALLEGES

IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT POLICY AT NATIONAL LEVEL 3 To achieve the mentioned policies the government needs to work together with implementers who are teachers. To be achieved each one has specific tasks. The role of the government in the implementation of ICT in Education policy are: Providing laptops Provide internet connections Provide electricity in all school Construction of computer labs (Smart Classrooms) Providing (solar or petro generator) where there is no electricity. Trains some teachers who will train others Providing in-service professional development opportunities for teachers to enable the use and creation of digital content and pedagogic integration. maintain ICT in Education infrastructure. 29/12/2017 IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT POLICIES AND CHALLEGES

What are the challenges in implementing ICT in teaching and learning at national level 4 Poor electricity in public schools 6% primary and 18% secondary schools only connected to Internet Few computer in computers Limited ICT in Education resources Resistance to change mindset about change Limited participation of local institutions (private, public and civil society) in ICT in Education 29/12/2017 IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT POLICIES AND CHALLEGES

what to do to implement the ICT in Education policies at in my own classroom 5 Teachers need to be well educated about ICT Familiarize students with ICT tools Prapare ICT based lesson plan In order to increase ICT penetration at all levels we will promote a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programme for: Teachers and Students Change of mindset We who are already trained we will trains our colleagues Use always digital tools in class 29/12/2017 IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT POLICIES AND CHALLEGES

What are the challenges in implementing ICT in teaching and learning at school 6 Our school is already equiped with 100 computers from REB; but we have more than 900 students .So the challenges is how 100 computers can be shared by more than 900 students. We need sensitizationabout Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programme for: Teachers and Students We face also the lack of involvement of parents in the above program. Internet connective doesn t cover the large erea; For video presentation we need short speakers because the speaker of POSITIVO is low. Mindet of school administration; when they see a teacher without a big bag of documents I mean books; they think that you didn t prepare the lesson; so they need to be informed about the use of ICT in education . The teacher are not well trained to use ICT tools in teaching and learning process. As government provides Computer for learners; the Teacher also need it as a Teacher is considered to be like catalyst in the teaching and learning process. THANK YOU 29/12/2017 IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT POLICIES AND CHALLEGES