ICT Curriculum Requirements in the Service Area of Champasak University, Laos

Abstract

This feasibility study investigated the needs of ICT training courses to be used as the primary data for developing an ICT curriculum in the service area, 4 provinces, of Champasak University, Lao PDR. Quantitative methodology was employed using a questionnaire comprising of 51 questions under 24 items. 600 questionnaires were distributed in four provinces and 530 were returned. Data were analyzed using percentage, average value, standard deviations and the One-Way ANOVA analysis. The result illustrated four main topics including the target group characteristics, ICT behavior, ICT skills, ICT course requirements and needs of ICT professionals. Additionally, it was found that 1) the most three preferable ICT courses among respondents are spreadsheet, word processing and website developing, 2) the most ten popular ICT professionals are IT supporter, network administrator, programmer, database administrator, computer aid designer, multimedia creator, website developer, system analyst, CRM / ERP operator and ICT consultant and 3) as many as 82.30% of executives from various organizations had expressed their needs to encourage their staff to increase ICT skill via attending trainings.