Measuring the Performance of e-Primary School Systems in Bangladesh

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Wahiduzzaman Khan 1,* Md. Mahbobor Rahaman 1

1. Department of Business Administration, Leading University, Ragibnagar, South Surma, Sylhet-3112, Bangladesh

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2020.01.05

Received: 30 Nov. 2019 / Revised: 10 Dec. 2019 / Accepted: 5 Jan. 2020 / Published: 8 Feb. 2020

Index Terms

Information Communication Technology (ICT), e-Primary Schools, Digital Education, e-School Model, Government of Bangladesh (GOB)

Abstract

The government of Bangladesh (GoB) recently have introduced the concept of Digital Bangladesh. Education is one of the most vital sectors to make the digital nation. For that reason, the GoB has started to convert primary to e-primary schools. The main objective of this study is to investigate the current Information and Communication Technology (ICT) implementation status in e-primary schools by the GoB. The study is quantitative in nature. The study also develops an ICT implementation status model from the e-primary school systems in Bangladesh. This model has identified the ICT equipment, analyzed the ICT support & equipment, given weighted to each factor and investigated the current state of ICT implementation of e-primary schools in Bangladesh. The study has taken 800 sample schools from 8 divisions to investigate the current ICT implementation status. The study suggested that before implementing the ICT they will make sure all the infrastructure of ICT is available in those primary schools.

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Wahiduzzaman Khan, Md. Mahbobor Rahaman, " Measuring the Performance of e-Primary School Systems in Bangladesh", International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science(IJMECS), Vol.12, No.1, pp. 35-41, 2020.DOI: 10.5815/ijmecs.2020.01.05

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