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School Management Laptop Use in Public Primary Schools in Bungoma South Sub County
Subject area: Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities · Area of research: project planning and management
Abstract
The education sector in Kenya has undergone a major transformation due to amongst other factors, changing patterns of curriculum delivery and technological innovations. One of such initiatives is the IT curriculum implementation to primary schools which is a key development pillar in line with Vision 2030. This paper focuses on school management laptop use in public primary schools in Bungoma south sub county utilizing descriptive research design. The study revealed that proactive and sustained school management participation in ICT implementation in primary schools is critical for effective and successful lap top use.
Keywords
School Management, Laptop Use
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How to cite this paper
@article{1702815,
author = {Vincent Nyongesa Marani, Brian W Singoro},
title = {School Management Laptop Use in Public Primary Schools in Bungoma South Sub County},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2021},
volume = {5},
number = {1},
pages = {53-55},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1702815.pdf},
abstract = {The education sector in Kenya has undergone a major transformation due to amongst other factors, changing patterns of curriculum delivery and technological innovations. One of such initiatives is the IT curriculum implementation to primary schools which is a key development pillar in line with Vision 2030. This paper focuses on school management laptop use in public primary schools in Bungoma south sub county utilizing descriptive research design. The study revealed that proactive and sustained school management participation in ICT implementation in primary schools is critical for effective and successful lap top use.},
keywords = {School Management, Laptop Use},
month = {July},
}