{"id":24494,"date":"2022-08-19T17:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/ur-students-decry-inadequate-ict-facilities"},"modified":"2022-08-19T17:11:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T17:11:31","slug":"ur-students-decry-inadequate-ict-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/culture-and-art\/ur-students-decry-inadequate-ict-facilities","title":{"rendered":"UR students decry inadequate ICT facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Students from University of Rwanda (UR) have decried lack of ICT equipment and access to labs, a barrier to their academic performance and use of information and communication technology.<\/p>\n

Presently, there are 80 computer labs across nine UR campuses, with 2,841 computers.<\/p>\n

Some of the computers are however old and need replacement, according to information from UR.<\/p>\n

Desire Ahishakiye, a second year student at School of Journalism and Communication (SJC), said they struggle to access computers since ICT labs are hardly available and not open for everyone to access.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome are no longer operational.<\/p>\n

We always need laptops or machines for assignments, notes, as well as research.<\/p>\n

University is about researching,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy doing media production practices when there is no access to machines.<\/p>\n

A personal laptop is important a lot for you to use it for whatever and whenever you need it,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Patrick Sonoma, another student, said they need a lot of research and reading materials as journalism students, yet ICT labs are not enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is difficult to practice on your own,\u201d Sonoma said, requesting UR\u2019s management to seek ways of fast addressing this challenge.<\/p>\n

Dr Raymond Ndikumana, UR\u2019s Deputy Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning and Administration, said that the ratio of computers to students is not good at some campuses; while some computer labs are short on the required number of technicians per lab.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other constraint, of course, is the fact that computer numbers are insufficient, [as] the ratio of 1 computer to 10 students is quite unfavourable.<\/p>\n

Even when the labs are accessible, not every student accesses a computer whenever they need to use one.<\/p>\n

\u201d He revealed that there is a plan to finalise the recruitment for more computer lab technicians in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen this happens, they will be able to work in shifts making it possible for the labs to remain open for as long as students are at campuses.<\/p>\n

The University has always gradually increased the number of computers, even this year, where more than 8 labs will be set up at UR,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

More smart classrooms expected According to Dr Ndikumana, computer labs are only open during working hours, from 8 am to 5pm, while most students use labs late in the evening and during weekends.<\/p>\n

To mitigate this challenge, UR seeks to increase the number of smart classes to fully support online learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a plan to refurbish some computer labs and increase the number of smart classrooms rather than traditional ICT labs that do not fully support online learning.<\/p>\n

For example, there is a plan to establish 10 smart classrooms with the Rwanda Priority Skills for Growth (PSG) program,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

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