Enhancing Inclusive Education in Pakistan through E-Learning: A Review of Current Practices, Challenges, and Future Directions
Yaar Muhammad, Yasira Waqar, Faisal Anis · Global Regional Review · 2024
This discussion paper examines the potential of e-learning for promoting inclusive education in Pakistani schools, providing equal opportunities for all stakeholders to enhance their capacity. However, there are issues and implications of technology-mediated and technology-delivered instruction for school education in rural areas, given their limited knowledge about technology use. The study reviews literature, investigating the influence of technology use and e-learning on the physical and organisational environment of multi-grade schools. It provides an overview of how e-learning in Pakistan could promote inclusion by comparing the technological changes that have taken place worldwide and in Pakistan recently. The paper considers technical, organisational, and pedagogical issues and developments likely to shape the future use of technology in inclusive education and training, and the extent to which this vision might be realised. It also examines the influence of other sectors' development on the shape of e-learning in inclusive education.