Understanding ICT in Education - Advancing Policy through Classroom Action and the use of Technology

How Teaching Activities
Support Education Policy (Continued)

To increase Guyana’s international competitiveness in the delivery of goods and services to the global marketplace;
To develop pertinent, strategic and focused network infrastructure to enable access to information and knowledge;
To support national programmes and initiatives which foster social cohesion;
To ensure access to reliable ICTs at the lowest sustainable prices so that all Guyanese have the opportunity of participating in the information and knowledge society;
To create a new generation of citizens that can use ICTs to leapfrog Guyana’s development;
To develop and implement the necessary policies, laws and regulations that support the sustainable development of the ICT sector;
To modernise Guyana’s public administration, industry, commerce and communication sector;
To support initiatives to encourage innovation and creation in the ICT sector.

Teachers should be able to explain the principles of using ICT in education, describe how these principles can be put into practice, analyse the issues that arise in implementing these principles and how the issues can be addressed (KD.1.a).