ICT in higher education in the universities of Yemen: Issues and challenges

This research is an in-depth study which explores the ICT usage among the students and the challenges they come across. The aim of this research was to determine the extent of ICT usage among students; and to study the problems and challenges they have to address in utilizing this facility. Four questions were used to enable this research. The researcher formulated a questionnaire to gather data from a group of 360 students from six private universities and 360 students from three public universities of Yemen. The data thus collected were analyzed, sorted and tabulated. This study indicates a disparity in the usages of ICT by students of Public and Private Universities. Inadequate funds, nonavailability of proper equipment and other constraints in allied infrastructure are found to be the reasons for this condition. In addition to this, aversion towards adopting new technologies is one of the factors causing this disparity.