E-learning Readiness and Ict Usage Among Public Primary Schools in Athi River Sub-county
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Date
2015Author
Sitienei, Phyllis J
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ThesisLanguage
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This study sought to investigate the status of e-learning readiness in public primary
schools in Athi River Sub-County, given the government’s plans to provide schools with
ICT equipment for use in instruction under the laptop computer project (LCP). However,
there is little empirical information on whether the Kenyan primary school teachers have
the requisite capacity to implement the LCP in their classrooms. Available empirical
literature touched on e-learning readiness in secondary schools and institutions of higher
learning but little is said on e-learning readiness in Kenyan primary schools.
Consequently this study was designed to fill this knowledge gap by assessing the elearning readiness of public primary schools in Athi River Sub-County, establishing their
level of ICT usage; determining their challenges in adopting e-learning and the
relationship between e-learning readiness and ICT usage. The study adopted a census
survey design by gathering data from all the 35 public primary schools in Athi River SubCounty. The data was collected for this study from 46 head teachers/teachers using
structured questionnaires in a drop and pick later method. The obtained data was analysed
using descriptive statistics. The findings showed that schools in Athi River Sub-County
are not ready to roll out LCP presently, since their e-learning readiness is low given that
teachers are currently inadequately trained and the schools have insufficient basic ICT
infrastructure and equipment, such as internet connectivity, computer laboratories and
Laptops/Tablets/Computers. Furthermore the schools do not have e-learning content nor
an ICT curriculum. The study recommended that The ICT training offered to teachers
should be comprehensive enough to enable teachers teach and use ICTs effectively; the
government should provide schools with ICT equipment and connect them with internet;
computer labs should be built in all schools instead of supplying Laptops/Tablets which
will benefit only a few pupils; e-learning content and an ICT curriculum should be
developed before the LCP programme roll out.
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University of Nairobi