IT Governance Maturity for Uganda's Higher Institutions of Learning

IT in Higher Institutions of Learning

Eckel and King (2004) note that higher institutions consist of post-secondary education, research guidance, and training conducted at institutions like universities licensed by state authorities as educational institutions. Yudatama et al. (2017) further state that HILs are supposed to be non-profit entities encompassing academic and administration sections. The administration section supports the academic area for the smooth running of the institution considering education as the primary business (Yudatama et al., 2017). According to Forest and Kinser (2002), HILs carry out teaching, exacting applied work research, and social services. IT facilitates dissemination of knowledge, supports and improves academic activities, and enables sharing educational content (Yasemin et al., 2008; Lockyer et al., 2001). Additional, through the proper use of IT systems, disadvantaged groups of people can be reached (Toro & Joshi, 2012).