Abstract: Information and communica

Abstract: Information and communication technology (ICT) is a principal driver of economic development and social change, worldwide. In many countries, the need for economic and social development is used to justify investments in educational reform and in educational ICT. Yet the connections between national development goals and ICT-based education reform are often more rhetorical than programmatic. This paper identifies the factors that influence economic growth and shows how they supported economic and social development in three national case studies: Singapore, Finland, and Egypt. It describes a systemic framework of growth factors and types of development that can be used to analyze national policies and connect ICT-based education reform to national economic and social development goals. And it discusses how the coordination of policies within and across ministries can support a nation’s efforts to improve economic and social conditions. The paper highlights special concerns and challenges of developing countries.

Keywords: educational information and communication technology (ICT), public policy,
education reform, economic development, social development.

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Abstract: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) iyinhlangano umshayeli uthishanhloko ukuthuthukiswa komnotho kanye ushintsho kwezenhlalo, emhlabeni wonke. Emazweni amaningi, isidingo ukuthuthukiswa komnotho kanye nesimo senhlalo kusetshenziselwa ukuthethelela izimali kwezomhlaba emfundvo ICT kwezemfundo. Nokho ukuxhumana phakathi ukuthuthukiswa imigomo kazwelonke ICT-based education kwezomhlaba zivame mphendvulo ngaphezu kuhleleka. Leli phepha lichaza kwezici nomthelela wokuthi ukukhula komnotho futhi kukhombisa indlela okunika ngayo asekelwa ukuthuthukiswa komnotho kanye nesimo senhlalo uma izifundo ezintathu kazwelonke: Singapore, Finland, futhi Egypt. Lichaza uhlaka izinhlelo zici ukukhula kanye nezinhlobo yentuthuko engasetshenziswa ukuze uhlaziye kazwelonke kanye ukuxhuma ICT-based education nokuguqulwa kwawo ukuze kazwelonke intuthuko yomnotho nomphakathi imigomo. Futhi sixoxa kanjani ukuhlanganisa kwezinqubomgomo phakathi nakuzo zonke zezinkonzo bangayisekela imizamo isizwe sika ngcono izimo zezomnotho nezenhlalo. Leli phephandaba iqokomisa ukukhathazeka okukhulu nezinselele emazweni asathuthuka. Keywords: ulwazi lokufundisa nobuchwepheshe bezokuxhumana (ICT), inqubomgomo yomphakathi, kwezomhlaba ezemfundo, ukuthuthukiswa komnotho, ukuthuthukiswa komphakathi.