1. NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES Evaluation of ICT in teacher education Tanzania Geoff Calder - 2009

2. World Bank ‘Evaluation of ICT in Education Projects’ there are a number of references to the lack of monitoring and evaluation of ICT education projects (Wagner, Day et al. 2005)

3. InfoDEV “There is evidence from the past decade that misguided policies and funding for information communication technology (ICT) in education may fail to have the desired education outcomes, while costing more than other education interventions.” (InfoDEV, 2005)

4. Key components

5. Research methodology Interviews with college principals Interviews with heads of ICT Tutor questionnaires Student questionnaires Observation Relevant literature

6. Student survey Are the computers meeting your needs?

7. Improvements

8. Access

9. Between 3:30 and 6pm

10. Evening after 6:00pm

11. Saturday

12. Students use per week

13. How students use the computers

14. Student skills

15. Exam grades 4,688 students were entered for this national examination

16. Computer hardware 698 thin client computers were installed in the 20 colleges  16 computers are currently not working  19 have been returned for repair.  That is 5% of the total found in the survey These figures compare very favourably with consumer surveys which indicate that about 40 percent of laptops and 30 percent of desktops require repairs or replacement within three to four years of purchase (consumerreports, 2009)

17. Internet

18. Tutor survey

19. Issues identified Utilisation of resources Improve internet services Practical assessment ICT in teaching and learning Monitoring and evaluation

20. Asante sana