Infrastructure inequities — chronic bandwidth limitations, power outages, and device incompatibility — severely disrupt proctored assessments and exacerbate educational disadvantages in low-resource settings¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students in Southern Africa faced chronic bandwidth limitations, power outages (load shedding), and device incompatibility that severely disrupted remotely proctored assessments. → Harerimana A 2026

Evidence¶

Harerimana A 2026¶

Harerimana A, Mtshali N, Mchunu G. (2026). Under surveillance: mapping remote proctoring practices in the assessment of nursing students— a scoping review. International Journal for Educational Integrity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-026-00229-7

q2 · i? · review · r2

Review synthesis of Maboe and Tomas's (2023) qualitative study (n = 17) in Southern Africa reporting that "infrastructural inequities can severely disrupt proctored assessments and exacerbate educational disadvantages"; no effect size is printed.

"Maboe and Tomas (2023) identified chronic bandwidth limitations, power outages, and device incompatibility among students in Southern Africa, indicating that infrastructural inequities can severely disrupt proctored assessments and exacerbate educational disadvantages."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Access — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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