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Transforming African education systems in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) using ICTs: challenges and opportunities

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dc.creator Barakabitze, Alcardo Alex
dc.creator Lazaro, Anangisye William Andey
dc.creator Ainea, Neterindwa
dc.creator Mkwizu, Michael Hamza
dc.creator Maziku, Hellen
dc.creator Matofali, Alex Xavery
dc.creator Iddi, Aziza
dc.creator Sanga, Camillius
dc.date 2022-05-19T11:17:22Z
dc.date 2022-05-19T11:17:22Z
dc.date 2019-02
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T08:52:33Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T08:52:33Z
dc.identifier https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4178
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/92704
dc.description This paper presents the role of ICTs in transforming Africa’s Education Systems (AES) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects/courses. The paper highlights on a positive shift across Africa in using ICT to improve the quality of teaching and learning through activities such as intensive ICT skills training to teachers, increase in ICT equipments and ap- plications in schools, and emergence of living labs (LLs) and innovation spaces/centres (InnoSpace). We first provide some of the challenges of integrating ICTs in education followed by a description of key past and current ICT initiatives supporting the adoption of ICTs in schools using a number of case studies in sub-Saharan Africa. We further present various ICT-based models for education, as a transformational approach towards integrating ICTs in AES. Moreover, we provide various ICT platforms deployed for education service delivery in disadvantaged African society (e.g., rural areas) including LLs and InnoSpace across the continent. Finally, we highlight our main findings and observations in terms of opportunities and future ICT for education research directions in Africa. Our aim is to provide some guidelines and ensure that Africa uniformly meet the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 4, which is to ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning, particularly using ICTs.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Education Research International
dc.subject Education Systems
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject Science
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject ICTs
dc.title Transforming African education systems in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) using ICTs: challenges and opportunities
dc.type Article


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