Another contributing factor may be nigerias preoccupation with infrastructure and keeping up with the latest ict development. The impacts positive and negative of ict on education in nigeria israel b. Role of ict in nigerias economic development news in africa. Later in the early 1990s, it became integrated into telecommunication facilities, such as the telephone and fax.
Pdf ict and its impact on national development in nigeria. Prior studies have xrayed the potentials and impetus for development that can be resultant from a full scale adoption of ict in africa particularly in. Its development and spread follow the path of the development in information and communication technology ict. The experts are yet to determine how ict should be used to foster growth in order to contribute more to nigeria s economic and social development. This was attributed to the lack of emphasis on ict development in the existing policy, that is, the full awareness of the potentials of icts to liberate the country from the shackle of poverty was totally absent.
The consequence of this is that many stake holders fail to focus on the necessary ict parameters that will make the most impact on national development. Information and communication technology in small and medium enterprises. Olaore, phd senior lecturer, babcock university, nigeria abstract during the last decades, considerable resources have been invested in hardware, software, connections, training and support actions under the scope of improving the quality of teaching and learning. This paper evaluates the impact of information and communication technology ict on economic growth in africa based on a sample of 54 countries from 2005 to 2015. Application of ict in nigerian bducational system for achieving sustainable development zainapambo gidadawa, mansur bello dogondaji department of geography, shehu shagari college of education, sokoto, nigeria abstract information communication technology ict is an indispensable part of the contemporary world. Information and communication technology ict is a major challenge to our educational system.
Factors affecting the adoption and use of ict in nigeria ladokun i. Gilling 1967, telecommunications and economic development. The use of information and communication technology ict. The development of information and communication technologies in nigerian libraries abstract the development and use of information and communications technologies ict in the libraries of nigeria has been a slowly emerging process involving many. Introduction to information and communication technology in. It is a known fact that information and communication technology ict is an indispensible part of. The role of information communication technology in nigeria. Promoting sustainable development in nigeria through information. The widespread hope within the international development community that icts could be a powerful tool of development and poverty reduction, and of achieving the millennium development goals, led to a proliferation of donorfunded ict for development pilot projects in several sectors in a wide range of countries in the past decade. O department of marketing, the polytechnic, ibadan, nigeria osunwole o. Thus, it is necessary to foster a trustworthy and transparent environment that promotes the responsible and effective use of ict for development for the benefit of all. What can you learn, and what can you help your students learn, that will last for decades or a lifetime, rather than just until the next new, improved, better, faster, more powerful ict product appears on the market. In an effort to boost nonoil growth and job creation, the government of nigeria rolled out a new threeyear ict development agenda emphasising domestic industry and local content. Matching the most appropriate communications technology with peoples needs and capabilities is a crucial task for ict providers in nigeria.
Ict and its impact on national development in nigeria. Information and communication technology in small and. Application of ict in nigerian educational system for. In the lay mans parlance, the trick is to see how ict can make nigeria the economic hub in africa. The role of information communication technology in. Ict is an integral component of national infrastructure and factors greatly in both public and private sector business ventures. The new policy is expected to reduce high levels of ict imports, with rapid currency depreciation offering the country a new opportunity to foster domestic ict. Information and communication technologies in the nigerian. Thepaper also traces the genealogy of ict and its introduction into the. The policy empowers nitda to enter into strategic alliances.
This paper exploits the growth benefits that ict sector has provided and its impact on the nigerian economy. But nigeria, like other nations, faces the inevitability of the fast technological and market convergence of the global ict industry and must therefore continue to evolve new ict policy frameworks to accommodate convergence and maximize the potential of ict tools for national development. Nigeria has already launched africas first commercial mobile broadcast service in abuja in early 2007. By 2025, achieve digital literacy rates of 75% of the total population. This paper examines the gap and challenges facing the use of ict in university education in nigeria. The ghana ict for accelerated development ict4ad policy represents the vision for ghana in the information age. Appendix 5 rates of penetration of ict services in subsaharan africa 255 index 267 boxes 2. The impacts positive and negative of ict on education in. The rollout of the digital video broadcast handheld dvbh mobile tv puts the country at the cutting edge of. Impacts of ict on national development in nigeria research. Icts relationship with national development as well as roles of stake holders in creating an enabling environment so that icts will be massively deployed.
The information and communication technology ict sector has been a pioneer and a. The technophiles believe that icts impact positive effects on development. If the educational system in nigeria is to match with global requirements, there is need to incorporate the use of ict that facilitates knowledge acquisition within and beyond the classroom. Information and communication technology integration in.
In an attempt to achieve this objective, we will take a cursory look at the concepts and significance of ict and knowledge integration, their application and challenges in their application for social development in nigeria. Going forward the wbg will follow a new ict strategy, comprising three pillars. Due to icts importance in society as well as in the future of education, identifying the possible challenges to integrating these technologies in schools would. Evaluation of ict development and economic growth in. It provides a brief overview of some of the key topics in the field of. The experts are yet to determine how ict should be used to foster growth in order to contribute more to nigerias economic and social development. It will promote icts to transform services for greater development impactstrengthening accountability and governance, improving public services, and enabling more inclusive private delivery of services transform pillar. In specific term, this study provides answers to the following research questions. While there are improvements in ict oriented services, nigeria as a country, and africa at large is still behind in terms of emerging technologies genetics, nanotechnology, robotics. In nigeria, policy on adoption of information and communication. Since the early 1980s, information and communication technology ict has permitted people to participate in a world in which school, work, and other activities have. Ict, nigeria, national development, enabling environment, technical solutions 1.
The globalization and impact of ict on society made the development of ict highly important for nigeria as an emerging market. The relevance of ict adoption and utilization in nigerian legal system for effective and efficient service delivery is a contributory factor to sustainable development in nigeria. Mar 27, 2018 the experts are yet to determine how ict should be used to foster growth in order to contribute more to nigerias economic and social development. The federal and state governments should implement a longterm icthuman capital development policy. Introduction to information and communication technology. Ict initiatives african development bank building today. To help readers understand the problems in ict in nigeria, she ana. Ict development in nigeria focused mainly on print and electronic media. These conditions are hardly met in the rural areas of nigeria. Pdf this paper explains the concept of information and communication technology ict, and its impacts in the nigerian economy. It is upon this backdrop that this study is being conducted to adequately appreciate the impact of information communication technology on the operations of sme operators in ghana. Pdf internet service providers and cybercrime in nigeria. Publicprivate capital investment on ict is necessary to enhance adequate ict infrastructure in the economy.
The impact of information communication technology ict. Pdf ict and its impact on national development in nigeria a. This book is designed for use by prek12 preservice and inservice teachers, and by teachers of these teachers. Furthermore, aina admits the high cost of ict training but opined that library staff and users should do something on their own to improve their it skills.
The ict development index idi is an index published by the united nations international telecommunication union based on internationally agreed information and communication technologies ict indicators. The impact of information and communication technology ict on manpower development in nigeria with abstract, chapter 15, references and questionnaire. Africas ict infrastructure building on the mobile revolution. Rebecca mayer, and michael minges directions in development infrastructure. Icts relationship with national development as well as roles of stake holders in creating an enabling environment so that icts will be massively deployed, diffused and used in nigeria to enhance national development were analyzed. This makes it a valuable tool for benchmarking the most important indicators for measuring the information society. With roughly twothird of the world economy based on services, and the rise of india, philippines, and other nations as global it players, many developing countries have accepted ict as a national mission. Information and communication technology in nigeria. The african center for ict innovation and training, an american university of nigeria.
The sample is further divided along five subregions and the outcomes measured by estimating pooled ordinary least squares, random and fixed effects and system generalised method of. The widespread hope within the international development community that icts could be a powerful tool of development and poverty reduction, and of achieving the millennium development goals, led to a proliferation of donorfunded ictfordevelopment pilot projects in several sectors in a wide range of countries in the past decade. It also shows the growth rate as an engine to the development of economies of developing countries like nigeria in this 21p century. The strategic development plan vision 202020 contains many important goals for ict development. Ict, national development, economy, information, technology, gdp isteams proceedings reference format abolade t.
Ict, imperative for sustainable development in nigeria. Ict resources for sustainable development in nigeria. Project muse information and communication technology in. Ict and development information and communications technology ict is viewed as both a means and an end for development. At inception, postal letters were used as key media for committing 419 frauds. The federal and state governments should implement a longterm ict human capital development policy. The need to pass on timely and necessary information between doctors and their patients, government officials and the general public, business. Nigerian ict development is under the rapid transformations especially in the field of mobile communication. Jun 15, 2018 role of ict in national development ict can enhance national development, but the relationship between the two has often been left vague hence.
The current trend in global research development and library growth is as a result of the introduction of information communication and technology. This paper explains the concept of information and communication technology ict, and its impacts in the nigerian economy. An integrated ictled socioeconomic development policy and plan development framework for ghana released in march 2003. Ict can enhance national development, but the relationship between the two has often been left vague hence. Guidelines for nigerian content development in information. The role and prospect of information and communication. The use of information and communication technology ict in. The connect africa initiative is a global partnership launched in october 2007 to mobilize the human, financial, and technical resources needed to bridge major gaps in ict infrastructure across the continent. Role of ict in nigerias economic development news in. The development of this policy framework document was. The role of information communication technology in nigeria educational system 65 international journal of research in humanities and social studies v2 i2 february 2015 such as bookkeeping, clerical and administrative work, stocktaking, and so forth, now constitute a set.
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