ICT in the Zambian Classroom

This Thematic Brief describes the lessons learned from the Education Support Network (ESNET) project in Zambia: a project developed jointly by OneWorld Africa Zambia and IICD in 2006. The project shows how ICT enhances the quality of existing local teaching materials in the Zambian classroom. The lessons are intended for practitioners in the field as well as organisations that would like to learn from the experiences of this project and implement similar activities. Most of this brief’s content is based on results from evaluation exercises that have been performed with support from IICD and a local Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) partner over the last three years. This M&E system, which was developed by IICD, consists of quantitative and qualitative assessments. Each year, questionnaires are filled in anonymously by the end-users of the project (all users of the project or a representative sample). The answers are then analysed to discover more about end-user profiles, levels of use and satisfaction, and the impact of the project. This process is complemented by periodical Focus Group discussions which are attended by project staff and end-users in order to reflect on the data that has been collected through the questionnaires and discuss successes and challenges relating to the project, and possible solutions.