Growing a National Computing Movement in an African Country: A Multi-Stakeholder Model

Publication Date

10-21-2025

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Title

Comped 2025 Proceedings of the ACM Global Computing Education Conference 2025

Volume

2

DOI

10.1145/3736251.3747315

First Page

407

Last Page

408

Abstract

This poster traces the growth of the CSEdBotswana initiative from a grassroots effort to a national, multi-stakeholder movement (2023–2025) aimed at broadening participation in computing through teacher training, student coding activities, and cross-sector collaboration. Survey data from 126 teachers show positive impact, including strong engagement and sustained student interest, despite persistent curriculum and infrastructure challenges. The findings offer insights for scalable and equitable CS education in low-resource contexts.

Keywords

Africa, Broadening participation, Computer Science Education

Department

Computer Science

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