TY - GEN
T1 - Education inequality in underserved regions
T2 - 18th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2022
AU - Mavangere, Nicholas
AU - Edifor, Ernest Edem
AU - Adedoyin, Festus
AU - Apeh, Edward
AU - Owusu, Acheampong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In underserved regions, the educational inequality gap between better-served children and under-served children is wide. At the same time, the digital inequality gap in such countries is narrowing; less endowed families are now able to access some digital technologies. Therefore, there is the need to use technologies for educational purposes to support less-endowed children in promoting diversity and inclusivity. This research is explorative research to highlight issues in the use of technologies for education, such as adoption, barriers, challenges and benefits in African context. In doing so, we seek to promote diversity and inclusivity for education in underserved regions and bridge the education inequality gap. This research will contribute to academic research relating to inclusivity to support under-served children in developing countries. It will push forward educational technology research and contribute to policymaking. The outcome of this research would prepare the foundation for a future large-scale implementation across Sub-Saharan Africa.
AB - In underserved regions, the educational inequality gap between better-served children and under-served children is wide. At the same time, the digital inequality gap in such countries is narrowing; less endowed families are now able to access some digital technologies. Therefore, there is the need to use technologies for educational purposes to support less-endowed children in promoting diversity and inclusivity. This research is explorative research to highlight issues in the use of technologies for education, such as adoption, barriers, challenges and benefits in African context. In doing so, we seek to promote diversity and inclusivity for education in underserved regions and bridge the education inequality gap. This research will contribute to academic research relating to inclusivity to support under-served children in developing countries. It will push forward educational technology research and contribute to policymaking. The outcome of this research would prepare the foundation for a future large-scale implementation across Sub-Saharan Africa.
KW - Diversity
KW - Educational inequality gap
KW - Technology Acceptance
KW - Technology Adoption
KW - Technology Discrimination
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148630104&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICEBE55470.2022.00057
DO - 10.1109/ICEBE55470.2022.00057
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85148630104
T3 - Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2022
SP - 288
EP - 293
BT - Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering, ICEBE 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 14 October 2022 through 16 October 2022
ER -