The Socio-Economic Perspective on the Challenges of ICT Development on Education in Malaysia: The 1BestariNet case study

Shadiya  Mohamed Saleh Baqutayan; Abdul Muhaimin  bin Zamri Mohamed; Dayang Nafisah; Norihan  Abu Hassan

Authors

Shadiya Mohamed Saleh Baqutayan Perdana School of Science Technology and Innovation Policy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abdul Muhaimin bin Zamri Mohamed Perdana School of Science Technology and Innovation Policy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dayang Nafisah Perdana School of Science Technology and Innovation Policy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Norihan Abu Hassan Perdana School of Science Technology and Innovation Policy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Keywords:

ICT, broadband, internet usage, 1BestariNet, education, sustainable development

Abstract

Globalization and rapid changes in technology have created a new economy which is driven by knowledge. In conjunction with this, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is now undoubtedly the critical enabler of a knowledge-based economy for many nations. Governments across the globe have recognized the positive impact ICT has on the social and economic development of its public. Consequently, many governments have started to invest heavily on ICT to develop the nation’s human capital thereby making them capable of addressing the demands of the digital and information age. In light of this there is concern on the challanges of the ICT development to education. Therefore, this reserach identifies the socio-economic perspective on the challenges of ICT development on education in Malaysia. And the 1BestariNet project is used as a case study to investigates these challanges. The findings signified that the most important challanges to the ICT development (1BestariNet) was weakness in the performance and management of 1BestariNet, that can be overcome through improvement in the projects implementations.