ICT: Solution toEducation Challenges

27 February 2018

Sungsup RaDirector, South Asia Human and Social Development Division

concurrently Chair, Education Sector Group

South Asia Regional Symposium on ICT for EducationColombo, Sri Lanka

Han River in Seoul, Korea, 1961

Han River in Seoul, Korea, Now

Economic Miracle in Singapore

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Korea

Singapore

GNI Per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$) Source: World Bank Open Data

Education and ICT Made Differences

Note: South Asia includes Afghanistan and Pakistan as well.

Invest in Education

Investment in Telecommunications

Where We Are…

Improved Physical Access to School

Source: Barro and Lee (2016).

Improving Education Quality is BIG Challenge in South Asia

Source: OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2015

Mean Score

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Singapore Korea OECD average Viet Nam Thailand Indonesia Tamil Nadu(India) *

HimachalPradesh(India) *

Science Reading Math

* PISA 2009 results

OECD average

Developing Asian Countries Participated in PISA

India

Percentage of the Internet Access

Source: ITU (2017).

Improved Internet Access to Education Services

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Bangladesh Nepal India Sri Lanka Bhutan Maldives WorldAverage

2000 2008 2016

Need to Groom Non-Routine Cognitive Capacity

Non-routine cognitive occupationsRoutine occupationsNonroutine manual occupations

Source: ILO (2014) Trends Econometric Models. Development of Employment by Type of Occupation, 2000 - 2013

Changing Demand for Skills in United States

Source: Autor and Price (2013) “The Changing Task Composition of the US Labor Market: An Update of Autor, Levy, and Murnane (2003)”

Why ICT for Education?

Hard to Reach Children1

Improving Quality of Learning2

Better Management of Education3

Addressing Remaining Education Challenges

Expensive?

• 20 Provinces• 200+ Secondary Schools

Double Teacher Program in China

Source: Min Tang

Need Universal Internet Access?

DVD-based Distance Learning Program in Rural BangladeshSource: Yasuyuki Sawada

MathCloud in Bhutan and Sri Lanka

Grade 8 Students

Invest in Computer or Content?

Are Teachers Ready?

If we teach today’s student as we taught yesterday’s we rob them of tomorrow

John Dewey

Enhance Personalized Learning

Improve Job-Matching

Optimize Teaching

AI can

Future Ready?AI is not likely to replace teachers, but

Conclusion

Hardware

Connectivity

Contents

People

Hardware Alone Not Solution

HardwareConnectivity

Contents People

Need of Holistic Approach on ICT for Education

Thank you