Transcript Leadership for Creating Inclusive Education Systems: The Role of

E-Learning Africa 2010
3rd Ministerial Round Table
Leadership for Creating Inclusive Education
Systems: The Role of ICTs
Mulungushi International Conference Centre
Lusaka, Zambia
26 May 2010
Discussion Session 1
Country perspectives regarding leadership
capacity challenges and requirements on the
role of ICT in developing inclusive education
systems and Knowledge Societies
ICT Innovations and
Educational Challenges
INCLUSIVE ACCESS?
MANAGEMENT ?
QUALITY ?
RELEVANCE ?
Developing world faces severe challenges
with regard to education. Some of these
challenges can be addressed with ICT if
used in innovative ways
These challenges can be summarized as:
a lack of universal and inclusive access
to education
 poor quality of education
poor management of the education
system
the increasing irrelevance of the current
education system in the knowledge
society.
Knowledge Society - A Strategic
Choice for Development?
World of Knowledge & Innovation (R&D)
World of Money ( GDP)
 Globalized world: knowledge is
increasingly the key factor of production
as well as a raw material for economic
development.
 Information, knowledge and innovation
based businesses are taking over many of
the traditional sectors of commerce and
industry (great unbundling of production).
 While the transition to knowledge-based
economies and societies is progressing, the
gap between developing countries and
developed or industrialized countries can
be widening due to the lower
investments in ICT, education and
innovation processes in developing
countries
UNCTAD_Knowledge and Innovation.doc
Knowledge Society and
Development
Knowledge Society - Knowledge
Structures: Better Education needed
Transformation of a society requires
 more investment in education, innovation
systems, and ICT infrastructure.
 more coherent Knowledge Society policy
that requires collaboration across the
relevant ministries, especially between
ministries of education, ICT, S&T, industry
and finance.
 Education ministries have key role in this
development.
 GeSCI’s mission is to work together with
MoEs empowering their policy making and
strategy capacity for Knowledge Society.
What can governments do?
Government cannot solve the problem alone multi level and multi stakeholder approaches and
partnerships are needed
Government should provide
Leadership, strategies and policies to create enabling
environment for development
A blue print and a road map for development
partners to steer the multi stakeholder contributions
Key resources ( human and financial) and
 Institutional capacity for implementation
Transformational leadership
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Transformational Leadership
Competencies
www.catalystconsulting.co.za/leadership.htm
Now let’s discuss…
What leadership capacities are required to
develop and sustain inclusive education
systems for inclusive Knowledge Societies?
How do we expect to build such capacities?
What role can ICT play?