ZAMBIA: Results from the Task-Based Digital SkillsAssessment of Teachers and Students in TVETInstitutionsPublic Disclosure Authorized Marjorie ChinenandGirma WoldetsadikPublic Disclosure Authorized September 2025 TABLE OF CONTENTS I.Introduction........................................................................................................................8II.The Digital Skills Assessment............................................................................................10Implementation Process.......................................................................................................12III.Description of the Sample............................................................................................12IV.Findings on Teachers’ Digital Skills...............................................................................14Results by Topic....................................................................................................................16Results by Gender.................................................................................................................19V.Findings on Students’ Digital Skills...................................................................................20Results by Topic....................................................................................................................22Results by Gender.................................................................................................................24VI.Comparison of the Results of Teachers and Students.................................................25VII.Discussion and Recommendations for Enhancing Digital Skills...................................28Digital Skills Improvement Recommendations for Teachers...............................................29Support for Students............................................................................................................32Appendices...............................................................................................................................34Appendix 1: SSA Pix Assessment: Topics Selected for Digital Skills for Africa.....................34Appendix 2: Score Descriptions Shown to Test-takers at the end of the Pix assessment...37Appendix 3: List of Participating TVET Institutions..............................................................38Appendix 4: Zambia Implementation Timeline....................................................................39 Figure 4.Teacher Distribution by Proficiency Levels across 16 Assessment Topics................17Figure 5.Teachers Proficiency in Pix Digital Skills Assessment and Competence Area byGender......................................................................................................................................19Figure 6.Students Performance in the Pix Digital Skills Assessment by Competence Area....20Figure 7.Students Proficiency Levels in the Pix Digital Skills Assessment by Competence Area..................................................................................................................................................21Figure 8.Students Proficiency Levels Across Topics in the Pix Digital Skills Assessment........22Figure9.Student Distribution by Proficiency Levels across 16 Assessment Topics................24Figure 10.Student Proficiency in Pix Digital Skills Assessment and Competence Area byGender......................................................................................................................................25Figure 11.Comparative Proficiency Levelsof Teachers and Students in Pix Digital SkillsAssessment...............................................................................................................................26 TABLE OF TABLES Table 1. Description of the Proficiency Levels in Pix SSA Assessment.....................................11Table 2. Distribution of TVET Participants by Gender..............................................................14Table 3. Access to ICT Courses, Digital Infrastructure and Practices of TVET Teachers andStudents....................................................................................................................................26Table 4. Key Training Topics for Reaching Intermediate Digital Skills......................................30Table 5. Examples of Level 1 and 2 Tutorials Recommended by the Pix Platform in English fromAvailable Resources on theInternet........................................................................................33 Acknowledgements Thisreport was prepared by Marjorie Chinen and Girma Woldetsadik,drawing oncontributions from the Pix Team. The overall implementation of the assessment was madepossible thanks to the support of the Digital Skills for Africa (DS4A) team, includingMupuwaliywa Mupuwaliywa and Gemma Rodon. The team would also like to acknowledgeMasauso Banda for his comments on the