Effective digital teaching in rural schools faces challenges due to inadequate ICT skills and lack of stable Internet access, highlighting the need for training in ICT.

Barriers to effective digital teaching in rural schools

A participatory design approach, including learners, teachers, and key education stakeholders, successfully co-designed a digital education portal for rural learners in South Africa.

Co-designing an Integrated Digital Education Portal for the Eastern Cape Rural Learners

Rural communities need improved digital connectivity, but currently face digital exclusion due to data infrastructure quality differences and lower education levels.

Rural development in the digital age: A systematic literature review on unequal ICT availability, adoption, and use in rural areas

Computerization in rural Kenyan primary schools faces challenges due to low ICT status, inadequate teacher training, and inadequate infrastructure, suggesting better adapting programs and considering innovative devices like cell phones.

Computerizing Primary Schools in Rural Kenya: Outstanding Challenges and Possible Solutions

Integrating ICT in rural higher education faces challenges like limited internet access, outdated infrastructure, and high costs, but solutions like infrastructure improvements, financial assistance, digital literacy programs, and customized curricula can help overcome these issues.

Challenges and Issues of Integrating Information and Communication Technologies in Higher Education in Rural Areas- A Review

Digital inequalities in rural schools in South Africa are exacerbated by lack of digital literacy among teachers and poor ICT equipment and training, affecting access and knowledge among learners.

Digital inequalities in rural schools in South Africa

A mobile ad hoc computing strategy can enhance ICT-based education in Zimbabwean rural schools by addressing challenges like lack of ICT infrastructure, financial incapacity, and government policy inconsistencies.

A Mobile Ad-hoc Strategy to Enhance ICT Based Education in Zimbabwean Rural Schools

Digital inclusivity in rural and tribal areas of Kansas and Oklahoma faces challenges due to limited broadband access, affecting educational progress for students of color.

Tribal and rural digital inclusivity: An examination of broadband access in two neighboring Great Plains states

ICT interventions in rural India face challenges like insufficient infrastructure, inefficiencies, and systemic issues, hindering their smooth implementation and impacting education.

ICT Intervention Challenges in Education in Rural India

Digital learning strategies can improve academic achievement and future prosperity for rural students by expanding internet access, addressing teacher shortages, and increasing course offerings.

Digital Learning in Rural K–12 Settings

Online learning communities and social support can significantly improve digital skills for rural college students, addressing the digital inequality issue.

Digital remediation: social support and online learning communities can help offset rural digital inequality

Rural school principals face challenges integrating digital technology into curriculum due to limited financial and human resources.

Digital Technology: A Double-Edged Sword for a School Principal in Rural Pennsylvania

Online mathematics education in rural primary schools in China faces challenges such as poor infrastructure, poor signal, and lack of learning facilitation, resulting in a widening of the urban-rural education gap.

Challenges of Online Mathematics Learning in Rural Elementary Schools in China

Digital technologies can enhance equal access to education in rural schools by enabling remote teaching, online learning, and distance education.

Special Issue: Theory and Practice in Remote Teaching, Online Learning, and Distance Education for K-12

Mobile technology implementation in rural schools in South Africa positively impacted teaching and learning, with 97% of teachers continuing to use it, 80% improved school attendance, and learners becoming more involved and eager to learn.

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AFFECTING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN RURAL SCHOOLS

The COVID-19 lockdowns in rural Russia have exacerbated the digital divide, leading to socio-economic consequences for vulnerable populations.

Digital challenges for new technologies implementation in agrarian Russia

Teacher education programs can innovate teaching and learning in rural schools through technology-based engagement, addressing challenges and providing support for diverse student populations.

RETHINKING RURAL EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS AS SITES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION TO INNOVATE TEACHING AND LEARNING

Digital India offers opportunities for rural areas to connect to high-speed internet networks, but faces challenges like limited skilled workforce and user education.

Digital India : Opportunities & Challenges

Micro-rural businesses in Maine recognize the need for digital strategies, but face challenges in access, awareness, and resource availability.

Challenges of Digital Transformation in Rural Businesses: An Exploratory Paper

South African rural schools face challenges such as inadequate water, sanitation, electricity, and classroom conditions, hindering effective teaching and learning.

Teachers for rural schools – a challenge for South Africa

what are the challenges on LACK OF ACCESS on digital technology in rural schools

These studies suggest that challenges in rural schools regarding digital technology access include inadequate ICT skills and training, poor internet connectivity, outdated infrastructure, and financial constraints.