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Information Technology in Schools Today
The three R's (reading, writing and 'rithmetic) are being joined by the three C's: computers, content and capacity-building which shows the changing face of education curriculum. Unfortunately, due to the traditionally high cost of computer hardware, software and electricity, many schools have been unable to provide their students with the computers they need or are only able to provide a limited number of computers.
In most countries there are two types of schools, either government operated or privately run institutions. Computer labs in government schools often suffer from the following critical problems:
- Typically access for students is limited to one period of 45 minutes per week which is extremely inadequate
- Hardware and software maintenance is an area of enormous concern. Once a computer has malfunctioned it takes weeks/months to repair the machine. (even in urban schools, computers do not function because of either hardware problems or because of virus attacks)
- Internet access for schools is limited & available internet speeds are very slow. Computers in the labs are being used only to learn basic computer literacy such as the use of word processing, paint,
- Subject matter teachers are not trained to use ICT or digital materials in the learning environment.
At their worst, many of these computer labs lie in disuse, with problems of maintenance and low interest or capacity amongst students and teachers to use them effectively. Care needs to be taken that in such initiatives technical support for maintaining hardware and software is available especially in rural areas.
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