The document proposes using ICT to improve primary and secondary education in three ways: 1) Implement an educational management system to track teachers, students, attendance and performance. This could be modelled after Bridge Academies' system. 2) Create scripted lessons covering the syllabus available in various formats including hard copy, multimedia and televised. 3) Broadcast scripted TV lessons on dedicated channels, providing classrooms with TV receivers. This has been done successfully in China. The proposals aim to standardize lessons, distribute them widely, and reduce variability from teacher skills. Challenges around infrastructure, scalability and costs are also addressed.

1. ICT For Improving
Primary and Secondary
Education

2. Objectives
• Use ICT to improve outcomes in tests and other
evaluation scores
• Use ICT to improve the quality of teaching in
primary and secondary schools
• Use ICT to improve the quality of learning

3. Constraints/Caveats/BackGr
ound
• Deployment of ICT devices has not been proven by
research to materially impact outcomes in test scores.
• Scalability is important. Problem is a national problem and
solutions has to be nationally scalable
• Sustainability is important.
• ICT deployment can easily become very expensive
• Bridge Academies has shown that scripted lessons can
reduce variability and reduce dependence on teacher skills

4. Constraints/Caveats/BackGr
ound
• Nigeria has significant challenges in
communications and power infrastructure.
• Current state of the primary and secondary
education is also in large part a failure ( or
absence ) of the education management system.

5. Suggested Programmes
• An educational management system to be able to track
teachers, lessons, attendance, pupils, performance from
primary through secondary schools accessible on the web
and via mobile phones. Bridge Academies system can be
used as a model.
• Scripted lessons covering syllabus to be available in hard
copy, interactive multimedia and recorded TV lessons.
• Scripted TV lessons to be broadcast on dedicated Radio
and Television channels. Classrooms provided with TV
Receivers with teachers. China has used RTVU heavily.

6. Educational Management
System
• Innovative Features needed
• smartphone access, unique ids for teachers and pupils, statistical analysis, reviews and ratings of teachers and schools
• Cost (Estimates)
• Platform ~ $1m
• O&M ~ $1m/annum
• Possible Funding
• Governments - % of education budget
• Donor agencies
• Private sector sponsorship
• Time frame
• Platform can be put in place within 6 months, each state can implement 3-6 months in parallel
• Benefit
• We can measure, monitor and manage.

7. Scripted Lessons
• Innovative Features needed
• Properly recorded video lessons done in a way to enhance learning for targeted group.
• Cost (Estimates)
• Lesson design and scripting
• Production and post production
• Possible Funding
• Governments - % of education budget,Donor agencies, Private sector sponsorship, private sector developers (Bridge
Academies?)
• Time frame
• Benefit
• We can standardize lessons
• Lessons can be distributed in CDs/DVDs and easy played back in classes. Lessons can also be distributed over youtube and
over platforms like MTN DoBox, IrokoTV and or broadcast TV.
• Quality of teachers will increase and will also not be a major impediment as quality is now distributed.

8. Delivery of scripted lessons
via TV broadcast
• Innovative Features needed
• Some interactive via ams and mobile phones
• Cost (Estimates)
• TV receivers in schools (N50,000 per classroom)
• Broadcast channels/studio
• Possible Funding
• Governments - % of education budget,Donor agencies, Private sector sponsorship and donations ( Startimes and DSTV
can be required to produce decoders locked to these channels for instance)
• Time frame
• Critical path is to develop the content. With enough content we can easily roll out in 6-12 months across Nigeria.
• Benefit
• Standardized lessons can be delivered to all schools.
• Learning can also happen outside the school - at homes, offices and anywhere with a TV set.