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An Exploration of the Situation of Educational Technology Infrastructure in Sudanese General Education:A Case Study
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Date
2022-11-22
Authors
Alnuaman Alamin
Wu Guoxiang
Adam Tairab
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Nile University
Abstract
n the last two decades, policymakers have considered Educational Technology Infrastructure (ETI)
as a prerequisite for the successful implementation of Educational Technology Policies (ETP). This study aims
to measure the situation of ETI in Sudan and display its importance in supporting ETP. Content analysis is used
to demonstrate how specific attention is paid by US, UK, and China toward ETI as a crucial element in their ETP
implementation, and how several factors are then determined to assess the infrastructure in Sudan based on
experiences that the US, China, and World Bank have obtained. These include policies towards ETI; electricity
supply; schools or classrooms connected to the internet; the ratio of students to computers; internet speed; and
availability of digital resources. Recent years have witnessed e-learning projects and digital resources under
construction by the Sudanese National Center for Curricula and Educational Research (NCCER) and UNICEF,
but Sudan still faces various ETI problems, including (1) a lack of policy and vision towards ETI in Sudan; (2)
Sudan’s ETI challenge of being a developing economy; (3) a sizable population living in areas without electricity
coverage; (4) a low ratio of student to computer usage in public high schools (merely about 28:1). We conclude
with proposing several workable solutions for improving the current situation of ETI in Sudan
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lamin, A., Guoxiang, W., & Tairab, A. . (2022). An Exploration of the Situation of Educational Technology Infrastructure in Sudanese General Education: A Case Study