In recent years, both the public and private sectors have been exploring the deployment of technologies in education in order to improve the accessibility and quality of education in the region. [...] In this way, this study seeks to examine the efforts, challenges, and prospects of ed-tech policies and interventions in enhancing accessibility and quality of primary and secondary education in 10 selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa.5 Our overall research question is: how can the adoption of digital technologies in 10 sub-Saharan African countries assist in improving learning outcomes and re. [...] Additionally, the country’s Development Vision 2025 policy aims to integrate ICT into education delivery, and the government has allocated substantial funding to ICT programs, including the supply of equipment and training to selected schools, the provision of ICT training in secondary schools, and the introduction of Tanzania Beyond Tomorrow and e-Schools project (Ministry of Education, Science,. [...] While the lack of a specific and central government ed-tech policy continues to impact the success of related initiatives in Senegal, there is evidence that a high number of teachers have access to basic ICT devices, such as smartphones, to support the gradual integration of ed-tech initiatives in the country. [...] These challenges pose barriers to the effective integration of ed-tech in primary and secondary schools in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, hindering the realisation of the potential benefits of ed-tech.
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