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ROLE OF ICT
COUNTRY COMPARE CONTRAST
NEW ZEALAND Recognized that the use
of digital technology in
education is important to
the future economy of the
country
AUSTRALIA That vision would see that all They need for additional funds
schools, regardless of their to complete the roll out of the
physical location, should have Department’s standard
access to reliable, secure, operating environment of ICT.
easy‐to‐use tools to cater for .The level of ICT support staff
their individual students’ can vary across schools;
learning needs. Embedded in typically primary schools have
this vision is the view that no ICT Officers
learning will flourish if both
student and teacher needs are
at the core of system design,
development and delivery.
MALAYSIA It helps to improve the
assessment and
evaluation system using
ICT
It improves ICT
knowledge and skills of
students, teachers and
other personnel

SINGAPORE All students are to acquire the

necessary ICT skills to support
 them in learning and preparing
them for future needs.
ICT to support more student-
centric pedagogies &
differentiated instruction
HONG KONG provide a depository of The School Head and the
curriculum-based teaching teachers did not have a clear
modules with appropriate picture of how to integrate the
digital resources ICT into the school
continue to sharpen teachers’ Set up mutually supportive
IT pedagogical skills; teacher communities to
undertake and share
pedagogical innovations,
through online and face-to-
face contacts.
PHILIPPINES Completely integrate ICT Lack of facilities
into tICThe curriculum, especially in public
which includes the schools
development of
multimedia instructional
materials, and ICT
enabled assessment

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