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Enhancing ICT for quality education in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Source :
- Education & Information Technologies; Sep2019, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p2823-2839, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This research assesses the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in primary education quality in a panel of 49 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000–2012. The empirical evidence is based on Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) and Instrumental Quantile regressions (IQR). From the 2SLS: (i) mobile phone and internet penetration rates reduce poor quality education and enhancing internet penetration has a net negative effect of greater magnitude. From the IQR: (i) with the exception of the highest quantile for mobile phone penetration and top quantiles for internet penetration, ICT consistently has a negative effect on poor education quality with a non-monotonic pattern. (ii) Net negative effects are exclusively apparent in the median and top quantiles of internet-related regressions. It follows that enhancing internet penetration will benefit countries with above-median levels of poor education quality while enhancing internet penetration is not immediately relevant to reducing poor education quality in countries with below-median levels of poor education quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13602357
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Education & Information Technologies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138157736
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-019-09880-9