Impact of Advanced Technology in Provision of Adult Education in Tanzania

Social Science

This study investigates the impact of advanced technology in the provision of adult education in Tanzania. This study identifying the impact of using advanced technology in the provision of adult education programmes and proposing most appropriate measures that can stimulate the uses of advanced technology in the provision of adult education programmes. The study used qualitative research designs as it concentrates on how the research participants relate to the problem by focusing on their written and spoken words and their observable behaviour. The study used both primary and secondary data The study findings show that factors hinder the uses of advanced technology in the provision of adult education programmes are including Insufficient funds which limit institution to have advanced technology tools. The small number of trained personnel who could use advanced technology in teaching and learning process and lastly absence of strong policies for using ICT tools which would guide all the members of the organization to use them in teaching and learning process. The primary data shows that several measures could be employed to stimulate the uses of advanced technology in the provision of adult education programmes such as to set enough budgets for buying ICT tools, to have a department which will ensure effective supervision of ICT tools and lastly to makes effort in emphasizing the uses of ICT tools in teaching and learning process. It is recommended that the management of the institutes providing adult education should ensure that the ICT tools are available in the institution's centres so as to simplify teaching and learning adult education programme because through the presence of information and communication tools the exchange of information between facilitator and adult learners could be easy.

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