Ahsan Abdullah Joint Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration and Secretary General, Bangladesh Centre for ICT in Education (BCIE)

ICTE: a conceptual frame ICTE is Use of ICT in education sector or ICT based education Integration of ICT with educational activities Teaching and learning activities by using information and communication technologies

ICTE.. The basic areas of ICTE are E-learning (EL), use of ICT in teaching-learning E-governance in education (EGE), use of ICT in education governance E-library management (E-lib), use of ICT in management of library/documentation services Link areas are Policy infrastructure ICT education

E-learning (EL) E-learning components are Development of EL materials Quality assurance of EL materials Training and application of EL materials Development of EL infrastructure

E-governance in education (EGE) E—governance in education (EGE) consists of the following key components Education Management Information System (EMIS) Education Institution Management system (EIMS)

EL infrastructure – Input source Visualiser/document camera, slate/tablet, student response system, application software, PC – Output source Projector, interactive whiteboard, display (monitor, TV etc) – Others Digital camera, digital recorder, switcher, other technology

EL circle (software)

EMIS.. EMIS covers Data management policy Student data Institution data Teacher data Curriculum data Other data

EIMS.. EIMS covers Student management Teacher management Institution management Academic activities Stakeholder connectivity and network

E-lib Development of e-cataloging (database of reading and study resources) Development of E-books (web-enable books and other reading & study resources)

Current environment in EL Development of digital classroom in schools and madrasa by DSHE ( – Supply of laptop, multimedia projector, internet modem Teacher training on development and use of digital contents in Government TTCs by TQI and A2I projects Blog developed for sharing digital content (

EL.. A modern and equipped digital multimedia centre (DMC) is being developed in BANBEIS through Korean support 3172 computer lab with multimedia established by BCC in educational institutions Computer lab established in 14 Govt TTCs, 5 HSTTIs and in BMTTI by TQI A project started for development of ICT training and service centres in 128 Upazilla by BANBEIS

EMIS Regular (annual) data collection by BANBEIS and DTE from institutions (post primary and primary) – Semi manual – Structured – Supply side based – More descriptive and less analytical – Significant duplication – National databases developed – No cohesion and integration –

EMIS: GIS data Education GIS GIS database managed by BANBEIS Limited number of layers used Limited use of data

EMIS: On line services Online registration (e-SIF), admission, exams(e-FF) and results processing by BISEs and BTEB. Interactive and dynamic websites developed (OEMS ) Online databases and queries (BISEs, BTEB, BANBEIS, DSHE, NU)

EIMS A few educational institutions are learnt to use management applications independently

E-library and documentation services (E-lib) E books developed and uploaded by NCTB for secondary level E-book centre established at BANBEIS Development of Bangladesh Research Education Network (BdREN) under process. Connectivity with Trans Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3) Most of the educational institutions not covered.

ICT education Computing made compulsory as a subject for SSC (voc) from 2009 Computing made compulsory as a subject at secondary level from 2013 Curriculum for the subject updated at secondary and higher secondary levels

Policy infrastructure National education policy 2010 National ICT policy 2009 Master plan for ICT in education 2013

Grid A Want it =yes, have it= no, So achieve or do it 1. Integrated and harmonised EMIS data management 2. National education data centre 3. Sub- sector cohesion 4. Data mining or KM 5. El benchmarks and standards 6. Quality EL materials 7. Strong QA and authentication process in EL 8. EL evaluation and rating

Grid-A High level of professional competency in staff ICTE research and study Decentralised and coordinated DBMS Unified educational institution management system for O&M An independent national body to steer all ICTE activities `

Grid-B Want it =yes, Have it= Yes, So preserve it 1. Sustained EMIS data management activities 2. Online services 3. Strong policy infrastructure 4. Investment in hardware 5. Teacher training in ICT and digital content

Grid-C Want it= no, have it= no, so avoid it

Grid-D Want it = no, Have it= yes, eliminate 1. Duplication of EMIS efforts 2. Departmental silo

Goals grid Grid A n Grid A n Grid C n Grid D n

Suggested recommendations Integration and harmony in EMIS activities Integrated and unified EIMS National data centre and data clouding Operationalise EL activities EL infrastructure EL material development, evaluation, rating, QA, training

Suggested.. Development of a research MIS (RMIS) Conduct ICTE preparedness study and follow up surveys Conduct qualitative surveys on ICTE On line data collection surveys to create more effective EMIS Bangladesh Centre for ICT in Education (BCIE), the proposed national organisation to work on ICTE should, take the lead

Suggested.. Collaboration between BCIE and CSE of BUET will maximise throughput