Digitalization of Educational Resources in Pre-tertiary Education in Ghana: Assessing Impact, Challenges, and Opportunities in Enhancing Learning Outcomes

Abstract

Organizational researchers have proved that pre-tertiary education remains one of the most important foundations for a successful long-term educational career. The overall purpose of the study was to analyze the digitalization of educational resources in pre-tertiary education in Ghana: assessing impact, challenges, and opportunities in enhancing learning outcomes. In view of this, the study employed the mixed method approach where data was collected from the 120 respondents who were selected using the stratified sampling techniques. The respondents comprised educators, teachers, and academic administrators in selected pre-tertiary institutions in Ghana. The authors collected data using both an interview guide for the qualitative aspect of the study and questionnaire for the quantitative aspect of the study. The study analyzed the quantitative data using SPSS, while thematic analysis was used to analyze the interview data collected from the field. Analysis showed that educational stakeholders were aware of the benefits of digitalization of educational resources in teaching and learning, however, the results showed that there was low level of implementation of digitalization of educational resources. The study also revealed that the digitalization of educational resources is plagued by some key challenges such as disparity of access, lack of technical support and maintenance, and infrastructure challenges. It was recommended that government needs a document that spells out the roil out of digitalization of educational resources in pre-tertiary institutions as well as providing training needs for teachers as well as academic administrators. � The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025.