Policy Summaries

ICT in education policy

ICT in education policy

by FeIicien Ngirinshuti -
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•Ensuring primary, secondary, TVET and Higher Education educators use ICTs in their teaching and learning practices.

• Promoting the use of Open Distance and e-Learning (ODeL)

•Promoting the use of Open Education Resources. - Promoting the teaching of ICT as subject matter.

The following points explain the positive impact of introducing ICT in education policy:
• Raising awareness among students, teachers, and parents of the value of ICTs.

•Making ICTs available to all formal education levels, and enable students, at all educational levels, to use ICTs in their learning as a tool and as a methodology.

• Enabling all teachers and administrators to use ICTs as a management tool to support the educational process.

•Using ICTs to support the emergence of teaching and pedagogical student centred approaches and encouraging research and collaborative learning.

• Facilitating access to a wider range of knowledge for students and teachers to support the teaching and learning process.

•Using ICTs as a tool to improve quality of education in all subjects at all levels and supporting the effort of the Education Quality Assurance Department   in improving the quality of education.