School level ICT policy plan for rural areas of developing countries: Case study is Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabit Rahim ◽  
Gul Sahar ◽  
Gul Jabeen ◽  
Imran Ali ◽  
Syed Mazhar Ali Shah
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
School Level ◽  
Gilgit Baltistan ◽  
Ict Policy

scholarly journals The Challenges and Opportunities to Formulate and Integrate an Effective ICT Policy at Mountainous Rural Schools of Gilgit-Baltistan

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 522
Author(s):  
Sabit Rahim ◽  
Tehmina Bibi ◽  
Sadruddin Bahadur Qutoshi ◽  
Shehla Gul ◽  
Yasmeen Gul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
School Level ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Gilgit Baltistan ◽  
Ict Policy

The study, through the lens of school principals’ views, investigates the challenges and opportunities to formulate an information and communications technology (ICT) policy in order to integrate it in teaching and learning practices at the schools of mountainous rural areas of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). This quantitative research approach focuses on three different educational systems (Regional, National, and International), as a source of data collection, which operate in GB, Pakistan. To collect the required data, questionnaires with principals and policy document reviews were used. Applying SPSS, the data were analyzed. The results show that both groups (male and female) strongly agree to formulate a policy on ICT in order to integrate it in teaching and learning to improve at the school level. The results also show that the school heads face a number of challenges (e.g., lack of infrastructure, finance, Internet, technical staff, time, awareness, and training facilities, etc.) in the formulation of ICT policy and its integration in teaching and learning. The results revealed that the majority of the schools have an absence of ICT policy instead of having competent principals in those schools. Therefore, the research recommends that the school level ICT policy should be developed and integrated in teaching and learning practices to create an environment of powerful learning at schools, in order to fulfill the needs and demands of the 21st century education.

Community Networks for Addressing Affordability of ICT Access in African Rural Areas

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Takavarasha Jr. ◽  
Carl Adams ◽  
Liezel Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Community Networks ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Digital Divides ◽  
Global North ◽  
Vexed Question

Mobile ICTs have addressed the digital divides between the global south and the global north. While a phenomenal mobile penetration in developing countries has enabled ICT4D innovations by connecting previously unconnected people, several communities suffer adverse inclusion or lack access altogether. Such digital divides within countries have been attributed to technical, social, and economic issues. As a result, many approaches to bridging the digital divides have been used by both academics and practitioners. This chapter, therefore, discusses the potential use of community networks for providing sustainable and affordable access to rural communities in developing countries. In addition to the advantages of community networks, the chapter presents the challenges thereof, and it contributes to the vexed question about how to harness ICTs to empower the disadvantaged communities in developing countries. A case study of Zenzeleni Makhosi community network in South Africa's Eastern Cape province is presented and analysed using Sen's capability approach.

Characteristics and management modes of domestic waste in rural areas of developing countries: a case study of China

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 8485-8501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiyong Han ◽  
Changwen Ye ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Zeng Dan ◽  
Zeyan Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Domestic Waste ◽  
Management Modes

Implementing Infrastructure-Related Education Technology Solutions at the Government Primary and Secondary School Level

2013 ◽  
pp. 343-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Dickson-Deane ◽  
W. Andrew Deane
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Education System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
School Level ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
The Government

Advances in technology and the increased competitiveness of the world’s economy have changed the landscape for developing countries. One of the primary steps many countries have taken to be competitive is to infuse technology into the education system, using funds provided by international funding agencies. This case study discusses the SITUP project, which uses technology to enhance a portion of the education system in a developing country. These enhancements include infusion of technology into the delivery systems, introducing skill-based efficiencies for educators and general infrastructure-related access. The case highlights the importance of team buy-in, clearly identifying change management and general reporting processes and, most importantly, including all stakeholders through each phase of the project. Vendor-related solutions, lack of instructional design methodologies, creating processes, and identifying appropriate risks are some of the challenges discussed. Lessons learned and recommendations for similar projects that occur within difficult economic and political climates are presented.

scholarly journals Learning the Adoption of Mushroom Farming Partnership: A Case Study of Farmers and an Enterprise from Cianjur Distric, West Java, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rendi Febrianda ◽  
Hiromi Tokuda
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Rural Society ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
West Java ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Production Problems ◽  
Quantitative Approaches

Mushroom farming is one of the profitable agribusiness especially for rural areas in developing countries. It can be adopted and applied as a sideline or main business. Through a partnership, farmers are indeed able to resolve their falter caused by production problems and market challenges. However, some questions emerge about the effectiveness of partnerships. Learning the adoption of the partnership specifically on mushroom farming can provide more understanding about its strengths and its weaknesses for further better use. This study aims to review the adoption process and the experience of an informal partnership case between a mushroom enterprise and farmers using qualitative and non-parametric quantitative approaches framed by Rogers’s innovation–decision process. The result shows that the partnership delivers ample benefits for the farmers and is recommended especially for rural society in certain conditions, though before and after the implementation, some issues were found, and suggestions are given for improvement.

Selecting sanitation systems for sustainability in developing countries

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 2973-2982 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Flores ◽  
C. Buckley ◽  
R. Fenner
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Indicator Approach ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Sanitation Systems ◽  
Design Options ◽  
Selection Of

This paper presents a methodology for systematically incorporating multi-dimensional sustainability considerations into the selection of wastewater options for developing countries and the evaluation and comparison of these options. Appropriate technologies for developing countries were screened based on their function and their use of operational sustainability features; this list of technologies can then be used to elaborate design options. Sustainability indicators are used to enable a parallel comparison of the options from environmental, economic, and socio-cultural perspectives. For illustration, the indicator approach is applied to a case study of the sanitation options for peri-urban/rural areas of the eThekwini Municipality in South Africa.

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