How Teaching Activities
Support
Education Policy
Remember, when you are creating activities, all the educational experiences must not only motivate learners and help them to achieve worthwhile learning outcomes, but also work towards achieving national objectives and priorities. See some examples of various national objectives and priorities below.
ICT4 Guyana National Strategy (Ref: ICT Guyana 2006)
6.2 The Overall Objective of the Strategy is to accelerate economic growth and social development.
The specific objectives of the strategy include:
- To promote the development of ICT services and businesses to increase job opportunities and generally to improve the economic and social well-being of Guyanese;
- To improve the delivery of, and access by, all citizens to government and other public services, including information on government activities and opportunities, public health, education and social development services;
- To improve the competitiveness of existing industries and to facilitate the sustainable development of new enterprises, thereby supporting economic diversification;
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).