Bridging the Gap: Exploring Regional Disparities in Access to Educational Technology

dc.contributor.authorSayo Esther Aanuoluwa
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-19T13:12:12Z
dc.date.available2026-08-19T13:12:12Z
dc.date.issued2024-07
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the general issue of regional disparities in access to educational technology and its implications for educational equity. Literature has conducted combination of quantitative analysis and qualitative case studies in a particular area that included student access to technologies, engagements, their academic performance, and their chances on learning more using technology. Studies has shown that regional disparities usually arise due to historical, geographical, political, and economic factors which it refers to inequalities in socio-economic conditions, opportunities, resources levels between different geographical regions within a country or across different countries and it manifests in various aspects of life, including income levels, access to education, and technologies. Survey was carried out in Methodist High School distributing questionnaires to individuals aged 11-18 to assess their educational technology Using Cochran’s formula. This method showed that 80% of the students experience a digital dived affecting their education. This study recommends that understanding the difficult dynamics associated with regional disparities in educational technology will help in bridging the gap between accessing educational technology and ensuring all students in every geographical area have opportunities to succeed in the growing digital age and using it to their full advantage.
dc.identifier.issn2449092X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.lcu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1467
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLCU
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 9 (No. 2),
dc.subjectRegional disparities
dc.subjectDigital divide
dc.subjecteducational technology.
dc.titleBridging the Gap: Exploring Regional Disparities in Access to Educational Technology
dc.typeArticle

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