TY - GEN
T1 - Monitoring and evaluation of the e-readers project in rural Tanzania
AU - Machuve, Dina Z.
AU - Zlotnikova, Irina
AU - Nyambo, Devotha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/3/4
Y1 - 2014/3/4
N2 - This study provides recommendations on the monitoring and evaluation conducted for an ICT in Education project in two rural primary schools in Tanzania. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of e-readers introduction at the schools. The e-readers introduction aimed at complementing the traditional print books. Print books are insufficient in primary schools in Tanzania; this ultimately leads to lack of reading skills in pupils and poor overall academic performance. As a conceptual framework the study adopted the InfoDev Monitoring and Evaluation framework for ICT in Education projects and adjusted it to local conditions. The study has shown that pupils at both schools considerably improved their reading skills as a result of the e-readers introduction. The introduction of e-readers also resulted in teachers and pupils being more motivated and engaged in learning. Survey results for parents demonstrate readiness on cost-sharing for acquiring the devices. This also indicates the feasibility of up-scaling the project to other schools in the country.
AB - This study provides recommendations on the monitoring and evaluation conducted for an ICT in Education project in two rural primary schools in Tanzania. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of e-readers introduction at the schools. The e-readers introduction aimed at complementing the traditional print books. Print books are insufficient in primary schools in Tanzania; this ultimately leads to lack of reading skills in pupils and poor overall academic performance. As a conceptual framework the study adopted the InfoDev Monitoring and Evaluation framework for ICT in Education projects and adjusted it to local conditions. The study has shown that pupils at both schools considerably improved their reading skills as a result of the e-readers introduction. The introduction of e-readers also resulted in teachers and pupils being more motivated and engaged in learning. Survey results for parents demonstrate readiness on cost-sharing for acquiring the devices. This also indicates the feasibility of up-scaling the project to other schools in the country.
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U2 - 10.1109/SCAT.2014.7055138
DO - 10.1109/SCAT.2014.7055138
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84949928076
T3 - Proceedings of the 2nd Pan African International Conference on Science, Computing and Telecommunications, PACT 2014
SP - 62
EP - 67
BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Pan African International Conference on Science, Computing and Telecommunications, PACT 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2nd Pan African International Conference on Science, Computing and Telecommunications, PACT 2014
Y2 - 14 July 2014 through 18 July 2014
ER -