@article{Asongu_254,
author = {Nicholas Odhiambo M Simplice A. Asongu},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10639-019-09880-9},
doi = {10.1007/s10639-019-09880-9},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-03-17},
journal = {Education and Information Technologies},
abstract = {This research assesses the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in primary education quality in a panel of 49 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000–2012. The empirical evidence is based on Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) and Instrumental Quantile regressions (IQR). From the 2SLS: (i) mobile phone and internet penetration rates reduce poor quality education and enhancing internet penetration has a net negative effect of greater magnitude. From the IQR: (i) with the exception of the highest quantile for mobile phone penetration and top quantiles for internet penetration, ICT consistently has a negative effect on poor education quality with a non-monotonic pattern. (ii) Net negative effects are exclusively apparent in the median and top quantiles of internet-related regressions. It follows that enhancing internet penetration will benefit countries with above-median levels of poor education quality while enhancing internet penetration is not immediately relevant to reducing poor education quality in countries with below-median levels of poor education quality.},
keywords = {Development, ICT, Primary education, SSA},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}