ICT Policies and Strategies
HONGKONG
Since 1998 hongkong leads to the top as the leading digital city in the world, and they are advance in the ICT world than the other countries over the years. The ICT development of hongkong guides them to be the most competitive economies. its vision is to use information technology to provide citizen centric services.
Over the decade the government of hongkong provide the public an:
- electronic channels,
- full range of online information through
- websites
- electronic services accessible by phone or internet
- citizen centric online services
- GovHK(the non stop government portal)
- mobile government services
- smart ID cards
- public IT facilities and resources
- interoperability and standards.
The ICT development of Australia is clearly providing their education to its higher level.
MALAYSIA
Malaysian Government closely focuses on the progress of ICT to determine the groiwth of their business. They also carried out a study of National ICt Roadmap to identify the development of distinctive ICT abilities for Malaysia has been given to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The Ministry of Education together with non- government organization wants to develop new media for the educational, organizational and partnership-building tools, and a way for bridging the country’s digital divide and empowering learners for global competition. They believe that ICT can revolutionize the education learning.They also believe that with a better ICT knowledge and learning it will enhance efficiency, effectiveness anf productivity in education in the work process. They want to create curriculum that is linked with ICT, provide ICT equipment,support ICT integration to general teaching and learning.Malaysian government created an own website which is the MySchoolNet to provide links to teachers and learners to get educational information in order to enhance ICT use in education.Interactive communication between Malaysian students and those in other countries is encouraged and supported.
SINGAPORE
The ICT strategy of singapore focuses on the preparation of the students to be equipped and skilled in the near future. With the use of IT, they can improve their research works, instructions, curriculum, assessment, personal development, and culture of the school. Since a particular school has it's different curriculum depending on the teachers, the ICT helps the teachers to improve the curriculum and since they are helping developing the curriculum, it is right also to recognize them. The buildings and infrastructures are also the major need of a school and by this, the Singapore also emphasizes the constructing the buildings and putting some enhancement in teaching and learning styles. As general, the innovation of Singapore to be totally progressed, depends on the ICT development that may fits or can meet their goals and personal interest for future purposes.
Philippines
They uses IT system enable to the people to be more effective specifically in job market. the government has a vision of transforming the Filipino to excellence-driven, global in perspective, innovative, ingenious and creative, with a deep sense of community and concern for harmony and the common good. They are producing a competitive person which can be excellence in their chosen fields of specialization. I have observe that Philippines is making a way to improve, develop their styles, their way of living just like the other countries so that is why they created an enhancement to sustain this innovations. as a citizen in the same country, I can say that the government must help to promote the right way of learning the lessons and improving the curriculum. I am emphasizing to the needs of the fellowmen not just by personal interest but by public demands.
References:
http://www.ictineducation.org
http://wiki.nus.edu.sg
unescobkk.org/education/ict/
http://www.tutor2u.net/business/ict/intro
