Determinants of National Information and Communication Technology Strategy Implementation: A Case Study of Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi County, Kenya

Abstract

Research shows that information communication technology plays a critical role in growing the economy of a country. Studies have demonstrated that the rapid development of economies in countries like China, Brazil, India, Russia and other developed economies can be ascribed to the impacts of information communication technology. Kenya vision 2030, which was designed to make Kenya a middle-level economy by bringing down cost of doing business, improving security and giving Kenyans a friendly working environment, recognized this, by putting implementation of information communication technology in schools at center of achieving the vision. This study sought to examine the determinants of the national information communication technology strategy implementation in public secondary schools in Nairobi County in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to evaluate the effect of information communication technology infrastructure; information communication technology development; information communication technology legal and regulatory framework and information communication technology integration on the national information communication technology strategy implementation. Descriptive research design was used where the target population for the study consisted of all public secondary schools in Nairobi County. The study sampled each school principal and the information communication technology/curriculum teacher in data collection. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The study found out that infrastructure was the biggest determinant to the implementation of the information communication technology strategy in Kenya. Similarly, personnel training, regulatory framework and access to electricity played a significant role to the success of the information communication technology strategy in Kenya. The study concluded that the legal and regulatory framework is a major determinant of national information communication technology strategy implementation. The study recommended that for the strategy to successful all schools should have resources, both financial and technical, to help them to mitigate the effects of technical challenges that may choke the implementation process.