A thesis in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master in

Access to Computer Facilities

According to the research findings, a large majority of the respondents had access to the computer facilities, while the schools were they teach are lacking of the internet access and two thirds of them stated that the schools where they teach did not have computer labs but through out their answering to question number 1 and 4 in section 2 it is clear that 74.35 of the respondents are familiar with the use of computers and 60% of them are familiar in using the internet. So from these percentages it can be said again the majority of the respondents had access to computers and it should be said that the accessibility to the computers is not necessary to be at school but may be in the respondents‟ homes. What is mentioned before it can be concluded through the respondents‟ answer to the question number 5 in section 2. because it shows that 34.3% of the respondents use the internet to get information to be used in teaching the students while 4.3% of them said that they have the internet facility in their school and 95.7 said otherwise, so returning back to what was mentioned about some social factors which it is difficult for female to go to café net in Libya so it is clear that the

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respondent had access to the internet and computers at home no anywhere else. However, rare availability of computers for teachers‟ use does not seem to be able to meet the needs of all the teachers in the schools. 68.6% of the respondents had not any computers for the teachers‟ use only. While the rest of the respondents stated that they had access to the computers at their schools.

Besides having access to the computers in the schools, and most of the respondents had access to computers at home as well. And about 74% of the respondents are familiar with the use of computers and 60% of them are familiar in using the internet. Nevertheless, it remains a question as to whether the respondents who could not gain access to the computer facilities in their schools did fully utilize the computers at home for the benefits of the students.

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