The deployment of educational technology to revolutionise the teaching and learning processes in Nigeria’s education sector will dominate centre stage at the Sixth African Edu-Tech conference in Abuja.
The gathering also underscored the importance of technology in upscaling the educational needs of the people.
Experts highlight some of the challenges militating against the widespread adoption of educational technology in Nigeria to include inadequate funding, a shortage of technological facilities, unstable power supply, poor internet services, lack of computer teachers, poor implementation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) policies, low ICT literacy among students, high costs of ICT facilities, lack of technical support for maintenance, corruption, and insecurity.
However, despite these challenges, they posited that educational technology, if optimally harnessed will revolutionize the teaching and learning…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
