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Abstract | ||
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This paper reports on the implementation of a computer-based system for the management of education in Botswana. The computerisation project began in April 1998 and went live, in the Ministry of Education, on the 3(rd) May 1999. The rollout to the five Regional Education Offices and the twelve Education Centres was ongoing at the time of research (June-September 2001), and the rollout to the 827 state-owned secondary and primary schools was to follow in the next phase. Botswana, like many developing countries, has an education system that has a highly centralised management structure, with very few management responsibilities devolved from central government. The approach to implementing Information Technology in Educational Management (ITEM) commencing at the Ministry and then rolling out down the system is perhaps unique. These factors therefore accorded the opportunity to study the top-down implementation of a computerised information system in a developing country. This paper briefly describes Botswana and its education system before describing research that analyses the first stages of the implementation of ITEM in Botswana. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2002 | 10.1007/978-0-387-35689-1_5 | INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
educational management,research,developing country,change management,implementation | Public administration,Information system,Christian ministry,Change management,Educational management,Information technology,Developing country,Central government,Business | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
120 | 1571-5736 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 1 | 2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| coach kereteletswe | 1 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Ian Selwood | 2 | 22 | 7.64 |