Census on Computer Literacy of Academic Staff of Government Schools, Approved Private Schools and Pirivenas - 2006
Sri Lanka, 2006
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CCLT-2006-v1.0
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Statistics Division, Minstry of Education
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Identification
Survey ID Number
LKA-DCS-CCLT-2006-v1.0
Title
Census on Computer Literacy of Academic Staff of Government Schools, Approved Private Schools and Pirivenas - 2006
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
Series Information
The Census on Computer Literacy of Academic Staff of Government Schools, Approved Private Schools and Pirivenas (a kind of Educational Institution where Buddhist Clergy are educated) was conducted to find out the computer literacy levels of teachers and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) related facilities and hardware available in schools.
The government is investing in an extensive way to improve the computer literacy of students and to teachers. To evaluate the impact of these investments, ICT literacy of students and teachers should be measured from time to time in a regular manner. This is the first study conducted in Sri Lanka, on the competencies of teachers in Information and Communication Technology
The government is investing in an extensive way to improve the computer literacy of students and to teachers. To evaluate the impact of these investments, ICT literacy of students and teachers should be measured from time to time in a regular manner. This is the first study conducted in Sri Lanka, on the competencies of teachers in Information and Communication Technology
Abstract
Computers offer exciting approaches to teaching that were not even dreamed of twenty years ago, but the extent to which the educational potential of computer technology will be realized, remains to be seen. Use of computers can revolutionize teaching and learning and could bring advances that would improve education dramatically. Ordinary students would make massive gains and bright students could meet greater challenges. Wherever illiteracy is a problem, it would be eliminated and handicapped students would have vast new vistas opened to them.
Teacher attitudes toward computer technology may be a significant factor in the use of computers in education. Computer literate individuals will reap greater benefits than their counterparts who lack that knowledge. To promote computer literacy of both teachers and students, the government is investing considerably. To evaluate the impact of these investments and thereby help ensure that the intended results are achieved, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy of students and teachers should be measured periodically. The Department of Census and Statistics and the Ministry of Education conducted a census on Computer Literacy of Academic Staff of Government Schools, Approved Private Schools and Pirivenas to find out the computer literacy levels of teachers and ICT related facilities and hardware available in schools. This census was conducted on 2nd November 2006.
Teacher attitudes toward computer technology may be a significant factor in the use of computers in education. Computer literate individuals will reap greater benefits than their counterparts who lack that knowledge. To promote computer literacy of both teachers and students, the government is investing considerably. To evaluate the impact of these investments and thereby help ensure that the intended results are achieved, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy of students and teachers should be measured periodically. The Department of Census and Statistics and the Ministry of Education conducted a census on Computer Literacy of Academic Staff of Government Schools, Approved Private Schools and Pirivenas to find out the computer literacy levels of teachers and ICT related facilities and hardware available in schools. This census was conducted on 2nd November 2006.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
School
Teacher
Teacher
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.
Version Date
2009-03-31
Scope
Notes
The scope of the Census on Computer Literacy of Academic Staff of Government Schools, Approved Private Schools and Pirivenas - 2006 includes:
Part A : School Information
Part B : Demographic Characteristics
Part C : Knowledge on Computers
Part D : Use of Application Software
Part E : Use of Computers
Part F : Use of Internet
Part G : Use E-Mail
Part H : Knowledge on Hardware
Part I : Use of Computers for Teaching
Part A : School Information
Part B : Demographic Characteristics
Part C : Knowledge on Computers
Part D : Use of Application Software
Part E : Use of Computers
Part F : Use of Internet
Part G : Use E-Mail
Part H : Knowledge on Hardware
Part I : Use of Computers for Teaching
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National Coverage - Government Schools
Universe
All Government Schools
All Approved Private Schools
All Pirivenas
All Approved Private Schools
All Pirivenas
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics Division, Minstry of Education | Government of Sri Lanka |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Government of Sri Lanka | GOSL |
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Department of Census and Statistics | Data Processing |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2006-11-02 | 2006-11-02 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
The data collection process utilized the administrative structure of the Ministry of Education. For administrative purposes, of the Education System, Sri Lanka is subdivided into 93 Zones and 323 Divisions. Each Zonal Office and Divisional Office is headed by a Zonal Director and Divisional Director respectively. Approximately 230,000 teachers are employed in Government Schools, Approved Private Schools and Pirivenas.
The Department of Census and Statistics and the Ministry of Education trained three officers from each Education Division, namely Divisional director, Planning Officer and a teacher familiar with the ICT, on completing schedules. These officers trained a teacher from each school of the division and they were appointed as school coordinators.
The census was conducted on 2nd November 2006. To make sure teachers complete the census schedules giving their accurate self-perceptions on the competencies in ICT and completed Census schedules are brought back to Colombo within the shortest possible time, schools were closed at 1100h on the census day. After closing schools at 1100h, school coordinators trained all the relevant academic staff and the staff commenced completing the schedules. This method worked extremely well. Within 4 days, completed schedules from all the district of the country were brought back to the Department of Census and Statistics in Colombo for data entry and processing.
The Department of Census and Statistics and the Ministry of Education trained three officers from each Education Division, namely Divisional director, Planning Officer and a teacher familiar with the ICT, on completing schedules. These officers trained a teacher from each school of the division and they were appointed as school coordinators.
The census was conducted on 2nd November 2006. To make sure teachers complete the census schedules giving their accurate self-perceptions on the competencies in ICT and completed Census schedules are brought back to Colombo within the shortest possible time, schools were closed at 1100h on the census day. After closing schools at 1100h, school coordinators trained all the relevant academic staff and the staff commenced completing the schedules. This method worked extremely well. Within 4 days, completed schedules from all the district of the country were brought back to the Department of Census and Statistics in Colombo for data entry and processing.
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
Two census Schedules were used to collect data in this study. The first - Census Schedule 1 - was a structured questionnaire to get the information on the teacher's own perceptions on their competencies in ICT. The ICT literacy of teachers was not measured by actually testing it by administering a test by the teachers' own perceptions of their competencies. A brief description of the information collected by using Census Schedule 1 is given below.
Part A : School Information
Part B : Demographic Characteristics
Part C : Knowledge on Computers
Part D : Use of Application Software
Part E : Use of Computers
Part F : Use of Internet
Part G : Use E-Mail
Part H : Knowledge on Hardware
Part I : Use of Computers for Teaching
The second schedule was used to get the information on the ICT related facilities available in schools and summary of three questions of the first schedule. These questions are number of teachers in the school who are aware about the computers and those who are computer literate and those who can read and understand documents written in English language.
Part A : School Information
Part B : Demographic Characteristics
Part C : Knowledge on Computers
Part D : Use of Application Software
Part E : Use of Computers
Part F : Use of Internet
Part G : Use E-Mail
Part H : Knowledge on Hardware
Part I : Use of Computers for Teaching
The second schedule was used to get the information on the ICT related facilities available in schools and summary of three questions of the first schedule. These questions are number of teachers in the school who are aware about the computers and those who are computer literate and those who can read and understand documents written in English language.
Data Processing
Data Editing
Data editing and coding done by the Census and Statistic Department staff.
Verification of the data is done by the Education Ministry Staff.
Verification of the data is done by the Education Ministry Staff.
Other Processing
Data processing included the following steps.
1. Accepting the questionnaires and do the data entry.
2. Run edit program.
3. Produce error report
4. Correction of errors on the report
5. Re-run the edit program and repeat the error correction procedure
6.. Produce final tables on clean data .
1. Accepting the questionnaires and do the data entry.
2. Run edit program.
3. Produce error report
4. Correction of errors on the report
5. Re-run the edit program and repeat the error correction procedure
6.. Produce final tables on clean data .
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Unit | Department of Census & Statistics | information@statistic.gov.lk | http//:www.statistics.gov.lk |
Confidentiality
Under the Statistical ordinance, micro data cannot be released with identifications for public use. Procedures are in place to ensure that information relating to any particular individual person, household or undertaking will be kept strictly confidential and will not be divulged to external parties. Information on individual or individual Household/establishment will not be divulged or published in such a form that will facilitate the identification of any particular person or establishment as the data have been collected under the Census/Statistical ordinance, according to which the information at individual level cannot be divulged and such information is strictly confidential.
Access conditions
The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:
1. The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement.
2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
3. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently.
4. No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the Department or among data from the Department and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the Department will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
6. An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the Department
The following rules apply to micro data released by the Department of Census and Statistics.
• Only the requests of Government Institutions, Recognized Universities, Students, and selected international agencies are entertained. However, the Data users are required to strictly adhere to
the terms stipulated in the agreement form.
• All the data requests should be made to Director General (DG) of the DCS as the sole authority of releasing data is vested with the DG, DCS. DCS of Sri Lanka reserves sole right to approve or reject any data request made depending on the confidential nature of the data set and intended purpose of the study or analysis.
• Requests for micro data should be made through the agreement form designed by DCS for this purpose (Form D.R.1). The agreement form should be filled in triplicate and the Study/project proposal should accompany the filled agreement form. If requests are made for the micro data of more than one survey, a separate agreement should be signed.
• If the data request is from a student a letter from the respective Dept. Head/Dean/Supervisor, recommending the issue of data, should also be accompanied.
• If the request is approved only 25% of the data file is released at the first stage. The release of the total data file is considered only after reviewing the draft report prepared on the basis of the 25% sample data file.
1. The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement.
2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
3. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently.
4. No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the Department or among data from the Department and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the Department will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
6. An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the Department
The following rules apply to micro data released by the Department of Census and Statistics.
• Only the requests of Government Institutions, Recognized Universities, Students, and selected international agencies are entertained. However, the Data users are required to strictly adhere to
the terms stipulated in the agreement form.
• All the data requests should be made to Director General (DG) of the DCS as the sole authority of releasing data is vested with the DG, DCS. DCS of Sri Lanka reserves sole right to approve or reject any data request made depending on the confidential nature of the data set and intended purpose of the study or analysis.
• Requests for micro data should be made through the agreement form designed by DCS for this purpose (Form D.R.1). The agreement form should be filled in triplicate and the Study/project proposal should accompany the filled agreement form. If requests are made for the micro data of more than one survey, a separate agreement should be signed.
• If the data request is from a student a letter from the respective Dept. Head/Dean/Supervisor, recommending the issue of data, should also be accompanied.
• If the request is approved only 25% of the data file is released at the first stage. The release of the total data file is considered only after reviewing the draft report prepared on the basis of the 25% sample data file.
Citation requirements
"Department of Census and Statistics, Census on Computer Literacy of Academic Staff of Government Schools, Approved Private Schools and Pirivenas - 2006, Version 1.0 of the public use dataset (April 2009), provided by the National Data Archive, Data Processing Division, www.statistics.gov.lk"
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director General | Department of Census and Statistics | dgcensus@sltnet.lk | http//:www.statistics.gov.lk |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The Department of Census and Statistics and the Ministry of Education will bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
Copyright
(C) 2009, Department of Census and Statistics
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-DCS-CCLT-2006-v1.0
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Census and Statistics | DCS | Ministry of Finance and Planning | Documentation |
| Ministry of Education | MOE | Government of Sri Lanka | Data Collection |
Date of Metadata Production
2009-03-31
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 ( March 2009 ).