TY - JFULL AU - S. K. Lujara and M. M. Kissaka and L. Trojer and N. H. Mvungi PY - 2007/3/ TI - Introduction of Open-Source e-Learning Environment and Resources: A Novel Approach for Secondary Schools in Tanzania T2 - International Journal of Information and Communication Engineering SP - 35 EP - 40 VL - 1 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/6322 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 2, 2007 N2 - The concept of e-Learning is now emerging in Sub Saharan African countries like Tanzania. Due to economic constraints and other social and cultural factors faced by these countries, the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is increasing at a very low pace. The digital divide threat has propelled the Government of Tanzania to put in place the national ICT Policy in 2003 which defines the direction of all ICT activities nationally. Among the main focused areas is the use of ICT in education, since for the development of any country, there is a need of creating knowledge based society. This paper discusses the initiatives made so far to introduce the use of ICT tools to some secondary schools using open source software in e-content development to facilitate a self-learning environment ER -