Digital divide in learning services in Ghana’s basic school

Abstract

For the past three years, seventeen (17) specially selected schools reflecting the urban, peri-urban and rural settlements in Ghana have been part of an on-going study; to explore the integration of ICT in schools. Findings from previous studies informed this current investigation. This paper reports a study that explored digitally divide (DD) in Learning Services (LS) in the basic schools. The results indicated that external LS informed DD in two school clusters. Digital challenges in schools have constrained the maximization of LS, resulting in few schools to display proactive transaction of external LS. There is the need for Stakeholders in education adopt a collaborative approach to tackle the issue of DD.