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ThecontributionofICTstoeducatingmarginalised children

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Outline

• Whoismarginalised?• ContextofreportforSavetheChildren

• HowwillICTsbeusedtosupportsomeofthemostmarginalised?

• Innovativecasestudies

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Whoismarginalised?• RecentexercisewithagroupofstudentsinIndia– Rickshawdrivers– Childlabourers– Remotetribalpeople– Lowpaidhospitalityworkers– Poorruralchildren– Slumdwellers– Dailywagemigrantworkers– Manualsewagepipecleaners– Womeninpatriarchalsocieties– Blindpeople– Streetchildren

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RecentreportonICTsandeducationin2025...• ForSavetheChildren• WherewillICTsbein2025?

• WherewillBasicEducationbein2025?– Especiallyformostmarginalised children

– Includingrefugees• HowwillICTsbebeingusedtosupportthem?

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Initialobservations• Paceofchangeineducationisslow;innovationintechnologyisfast– Sotechnologyhasincreasinglydriventheagendas

• Absenceoftechnologyisitselfameasureofdeprivation– ThemostdeprivedhaveleastaccesstoICTs

• Educationaloutcomesneedtobeclearlyarticulated,andtechnologythenusedtofacilitatechange– ICTsarenotthesilverbullettheyareoftenseentobe

• Muchhope– butlittlecertainty!

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ICTsforprimarylearning:Lowincomeareasin20251. Hugediversity– Themostimpoverishedwillremainso

2. IncreasinglysuccessfulICTsolutionstofacilitatelearning

3. Teachersusingtechnologymoreeffectively4. Learnersaccessingrelevantcontentanywhere

anytime5. Increasingautomationofadministrationand

assessment– Atarangeofscalesfromclassroomtodistrictandnationallevels

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ICTsforprimarylearning:crisisaffectedareasin20251. Criseswillincreaseinnumber:war,climate

change,disasters2. Mobiletechnologieswillenable“mobile

people”tocontinuelearning– Butwillstillrequiredirectionandfacilitation

3. Learninginaboxflexiblesolutionswillincreasinglybeused

4. Refugeecampsincreasinglywithdigitallearninghubs

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BRCKandKioKitinSolomonIslands

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SupaBRCK 2017

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UNRWAwithrefugeechildreninJordan

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Goodpractices(MikeTrucano,2016)

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Conclusions:ICTsforeducationinmarginalcontexts(1)• Focusoneducationaloutcomes• Needforaholisticview– Education,ICTsandFinanceMinistries

• Governmentsmustprioritiseeducation

• Priorityfirstontechnologyforteachers,andonlythenschools– Questionsoverlow-costprivatesolutions

• Designatscalehttp://nation.com.pk/national/08-Sep-2015/38-pakistanis-satisfied-with-govt-schools-gall-up-pakistan

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Conclusions:ICTsforeducationinmarginalcontexts(2)

• Potentialofindirectsolutions– Maternalhealthtraining– Roleofparentsandcommunities

• Reliableoldtechnologiesstillhaveuses– Radios,TV,andcommunitytelecentres

• Mustincludechildonlineprotection• Useofcontentcachinganddataupdates

• Relevantlocalcontentdevelopment

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