ICT in Cameroon Primary Schools

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Two decades of research on the integration of ICT in education has shown that although changes are taking place to integrate ICT effectively into teaching and learning, the changes are not substantial enough to bring about the required change at the required pace (Cowie & Jones, 2005; Darling-Hammond, 2005; Ehman et al., 2005; Jimoyiannis & Komis, 2007). Furthermore, the prospects of using ICT in education has been debated, researched and speculated on. The debate has changed a little, namely that ICT has an important role to play in education in terms of enhancing excellence in teaching and learning. However, the factors that hinder the integration of ICT in education seem to be basically the same as twenty years ago: inappropriate integration strategies, resistance to change, resources, training and time to integrate ICT effectively (Demiraslan & Usluel, 2008; Guru & Percy, 2005).

For the successful integration of ICT in education there should be specific and clear objectives, guidelines and time-bound targets, required infrastructure, curriculum framework, assessment sys...

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