A survey of 400 private schools across three Nepalese provinces used structural-equation modelling to examine links among infrastructure, IT human resources and organisational IT capability. Infrastructure and human-resource capacity were reported to be positively related to IT capability. Many schools had adequate equipment but lacked skilled staff and faced cost, repair, stakeholder-acceptance and misuse problems.
Key findings
- Infrastructure and IT human-resource capacity were positively associated with overall IT capability. Infrastructure was generally judged sufficient, whereas human-resource capability lagged. Reported barriers included skill shortages, operating cost, delayed repair, stakeholder indifference and misuse, but the abstract does not provide coefficients or model-fit statistics.
Why this matters globally
Many middle-income systems acquire educational hardware faster than they develop people and processes. The study supports budgeting for training, technical support, data standards and maintenance alongside procurement rather than measuring success by device counts alone.
Thai researcher contribution
Co-author Rohit Raj Pandey is affiliated with Prince of Songkla University's Faculty of Environmental Management in Hat Yai. This gives Thailand a role in regional organisational-capability research, while all school data are Nepalese.
Limitations to consider
The study covers private schools in three provinces and relies on administrative respondents, creating self-report and common-method risks. Response rate, sampling details, measurement quality and student outcomes are not stated in the abstract, and cross-sectional associations are not causal.
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American Journal of Data Information and Knowledge ManagementRead the original article↗DOI: 10.47672/ajdikm.2965