Information communication technologies (ICT) permeate almost every facet of our daily business
and have become an important priority for formal and informal education. This places an
enormous responsibility to achieve equitable deployment of ICT on governments education
systems and communities. Important equity issues examined in this book include gender issues
disability digital divide hardware and software developments and knowledge transfer.
Previous books have tended to concentrate on single aspects of equity and computer use this
book fills the pressing need for a comprehensive look at the issues. Equity and Information
Communication Technology (ICT) in Education is an essential book for professionals involved in
this emerging area of study and a useful text for undergraduate and graduate classrooms.
