ICT In Education Situational Analysis
Knowledge is Power
The Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) is a global organization offering strategic advice to the education and training sector (primarily Ministries of Education) in developing countries on the effective use of ICT for Education. GeSCI is not a funding or implementing agency.
In GeSCI’s current strategic phase (2009 – 2011) it intends to engage with more countries and Tanzania, among other countries, has been identified as a possible country to engage with. Before GeSCI can engage with any country, it carries out a detailed situational analysis to scan the ICT in Education landscape and do problem identification. Based on this, GeSCI develops an engagement strategy in consultation with the country.
The situational analysis is meant to develop a general understanding of the main education issues, determine the country’s interest in using ICT for Education, determine progress made in deploying and using ICT in the Education sector, identify key challenges in using ICT in the Education sector and determine if there is a role for GeSCI to play.
Methodology
The situational analysis for Tanzania was carried out between June and November 2009 using three broad processes: i) a desk study of relevant government and other related documents; ii) a country visit, which took place 15th -19th June 2009, during which interviews, meetings and focus group discussions were held with key stakeholders (Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and its agencies, other government agencies in charge of ICT, educational institutions and development partners) involved in ICT in education initiatives, and a Round Table meeting of stakeholders met on 19 June 2009 during which the preliminary findings of the country visit were presented, discussed and validated. A more elaborated version of the findings were presented on 20 October 2009 to the participants of the workshop on the Development of a Framework for
ICT Use in Teacher Professional Development for Pre-Service and In-Service Training in Tanzania.
