Unit 08 - ICT & Policy

Submission 

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hello !!Receive my summary on ESSP (2013-2018)

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morng,summary of  the essp 2013-2018 is here below attached. i welcome yr comments

Policy summary presentation 

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There is quiet number of national policies that support and govern the use of ICT in teaching and learning toward education quality.

-Vision 2020

-EDPRS2 ()

-SMART Rwanda Master Plan

-ESSP (Education Sector Strategic Plan)

-Smart ICT in Education Master Plan/ ICT in Education Policy

-E-Waste Management Policy

 

the phases of a successful implementation of ict enriched learning

1. research

2.clarify your vision for ict enriched classrooms

3. engage your school community and central and district office resources

4.plan a communications strategy

5.conduct a detailed readiness assessment

6.develop a project plan

7.prepare a detailed budget

8. select a preferred ownership and finance model

9.consider availability of ict for all staff

10.align teachers’ professional learning with the online curriculum services program and prepare a change management strategy

11.review and prepare physical learning spaces

12. select software to fit pedagogical goals

13. select suitable computers from the mandatory ict contracts

 

summary of ICT policy that should implement to the national level and my classroom

Economic Development and Poverty Reduction strategies/2013/4-2017/18/ is Rwanda's second EDPRS has two central and overachieving goals.

1. To generate sustained economic growth rate.

2.To reduce the rate of poverty to below 30% of the population by 2017/18.To achieve these ambitious goals four thematic

THIS POLICY SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AT NATIONAL LEVEL by:

      Design and develop strategic policies, laws and directives

      To set up monitoring and evaluation mechanism

      Data collection, analysis and dissemination

      To conduct education reviews and evaluations

      To set up capacity development and innovative strategies

      To set up guidelines for earmarked transfer

      To ensure that regional commitments are honored and implemented

      To coordinate research in education

      To oversee the development and implementation of a national strategy for the development of science and technology

      To promote the use of information and communication technology in education

      To prepare educational standards and monitor their implementation

      To establish regulations determining how national examinations are conducted at various levels of education;

      To prepare operational plans and budgets

      To collaborate and coordinate with other civil society organizations, NGOs, and other actors including the government and development partners to implement the ESSP

      To strengthen community participation and mobilization to implement educational activities

      To participate in the evaluation of policies and programmes

AT SCHOOL LEVEL:

Ø  To monitor school management, including use of capitation grants and teaching methodology;

Ø  To encourages students to participate in different sub policy to achieve the objectives of EDPRS2.

Ø  To mobilize students, teachers and administration about the practices and their roles in achievement of the objectives.

Ø  To provide other partnership opportunities including internships and work placements for students.

Taking cares of different infrastructures facilities to avoid the wastages of public funds priority areas have been identified as a focus for prioritization and planning.

IMPORTANCE OF ICTs Definition Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Several definitions have been given to explain and interpret the acronym ICT and the one given below seems to be the closest: ‘ICTs is a generic term referring to technologies that are used for collecting, storing, editing and passing on (communicating) information in various forms.’ The above definition separates distinct fields of ICTs and at the same time links them together so as to operate as an entity. It is now a fact as evidenced by developments from other countries that ICT as a sector can contribute immensely to the national GDP of a nation and that ICT, acting as an enabler, can result in improved market competitiveness of a nation’s products and services. ICTs can impact positively on governance and other sectors of the economy. In turn ICT can effectively assist international economic integration, improve living standards, narrow the digital divide, and improve biodiversity utilisation and management. The digital divide characterized by highly unequal access to and use of ICT and manifests itself both at the international and domestic levels needs to be addressed by national policy makers. The digital divide can be narrowed and poverty reduction addressed through effective and focused utilisation of ICTs in key sectors such as education, industry and agriculture. The adoption of ICT requires a business environment encouraging open competition, trust and security, interoperability and standardization, and financial resources for ICT. This requires the implementation of sustainable measures to improve access to the Internet and telecommunications infrastructure and increase ICT literacy, as well as development of local Internet-based content. African countries like most developing countries still depend on content developed and managed in the developed world and as a result substantial costs are incurred while trying to access content. One of the causes that discourage access to digital information is culture and language differences. Efforts should be made to make ICTs available in local languages if they are to be demystified, adopted and utilised by locals. In general, ICT goals in Africa are: to establish an environment that encourages networking of services and applications; promoting e-commerce and trade promotion programmes for goods and services; promoting Internet access to exchange and access digital content; establishing e-government; promoting eeducation and on-line services; strengthening network security; building and developing e-society and ICT human resources. 4 3. LAYING THE FOUNDATION ICTs are now exerting considerable pressure on the orthodox structures

The Government of Rwanda aims to transform Rwanda into a middle income country by 2020. Achieving Rwanda’s social and economic development objectives is largely dependent upon its most valuable resource its people. To achieve these goals, the Rwandan people must be provided opportunities to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes to compete in the labour market and contribute to the social and political life of their country. The mission of the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) is to transform the Rwandan citizen into skilled human capital for the socio-economic development of the country by ensuring equitable access to quality education focusing on combating illiteracy, promotion of science and technology, critical thinking, and positive values. The Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) outlines how the education sector will strive to achieve this mission over the next 5 years.

The plan is centred on three overarching goals: expanding access to education at all levels, improving the quality of education and training, and strengthening the relevance of education and training to meet labour market demands. Based upon these goals and priorities, 10 outcomes have been developed for the education sector: 1. Increased equitable access to 9 years of basic education for all children and expanding access to 12 years of basic education. 2. Increased equitable access to education for students with special educational needs within mainstream and special schools. 3. Improved quality and learning outcomes across primary and secondary education. 4. Qualified, suitably-skilled and motivated teachers and trainers to meet the demands of expanding education access. 5. Increased equitable access to relevant, high-quality, demand-driven TVET programmes. 6. Increased equitable access to affordable, relevant, academically excellent higher education that also delivers quality research outputs. 7. Improved access to school readiness programmes by 2017/18, accompanied by expanded access to three-years of early learning for four-to-six-year olds. 8. Strengthened performance in science, technology and innovation at all levels of education, and application of science, technology and innovation in relevant sectors of the economy. 9. Increased access to Adult Basic Education to improve adult literacy and numeracy. 10. Improved administrative and management support services, including the management of policy, information, finances, and human resources across the education sector.

implement the spirit of the policies at both national level and in your own classroom

• Respecting academic calendar
• Preparing all pedagogic documents
• Using new curriculum in teaching/learning
• Motivate students during course
• Using learner centered method during teaching
• Reduce dropout of schools
• Teaching using technology in both subjects
• Respecting time
• Make research in order to increase the level of students 
• ect...