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The Challenges of Information and Communications Technology Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	McMahon, Russell
Abstract	This paper examines the Information Technology programs at three African universities in three different countries (Rwanda, South Africa, and Kenya) along with an examination of the IT scene in each of the countries. The challenges faced in each of these countries are similar, but each one has its own unique issues. Much of Africa seems to be hedging a bet that ICT (information and communications technology - or technologies) will be the thing that leads their countries and economies into the 21st century. Many of the major computing tech companies are in Africa staking their claim. Each country's success in becoming the next Information and Communications technology hub will come down to how well they can train and retain the next generation of ICT specialists. Although, many consider Information Technology to be a component of ICT while others consider them to mean the same thing in terms of a broad definition. In this paper, the term ICT will be used as encompassing all areas of computing including computer science and information systems. IT will be used when referring to IT as defined in the ACM and IEEE Curriculum Guidelines.
Starting Page	89
Ending Page	94
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450338356
DOI	10.1145/2808006.2808032
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2015-09-29
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Information technology education Teaching challenges Information and communications technology education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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