Botswana Student ICT Access Experiences in a Rural School Computer Program

Botswana student experiences of ICT access and use in a rural public junior secondary school's Computer Awareness programme. The dataset contains qualitative questionnaire data from 25 students, analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis. It was authored by Irina Zlotnikova and last updated on 2026-05-26.

Use Cases

• Analyze themes of digital inequality based on student-reported experiences of constrained access and use.
• Study coping strategies for limited ICT resources based on mentions of peer support and self-directed learning.
• Investigate emotional and social influences on student engagement with foundational digital skills subjects.
• Identify school-improvement priorities for equitable ICT provision based on the five interrelated dimensions of student experience.

Strengths

• Qualitative data from 25 students provides a focused, student-centered account.
• Analysis identifies five specific dimensions of digital inequality (e.g., constrained access, uneven participation).
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 522.7 KB size suggests a limited scope, likely containing the research paper and supporting data rather than a large corpus.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Open-ended questionnaires collected from students at a rural public junior secondary school in Northeast Botswana.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 09:11:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northeast Botswana