Jecha S Jecha

About

Biography

Jecha S Jecha is a PhD student in Educational Technology at Southwest University in Chongqing, China, and an Assistant Lecturer in the Faculty of Science at Zanzibar University in Tanzania. His research centres on artificial intelligence in education — particularly the adoption, readiness, and responsible use of AI in higher education across African and small-island developing contexts.

His path to this work is deliberately interdisciplinary. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with Education and a Diploma in Business Information Technology from Zanzibar University, and a Master of Industrial Design Engineering from Zhejiang University, where he worked on human factors and ergonomics. That combination — computing, education, and design — shapes how he approaches educational technology: as systems that must fit the people, classrooms, and institutions that actually use them.

At Zanzibar University he has taught in the Faculty of Science since 2017, lecturing, supervising student projects, and contributing to curriculum development. Beyond teaching, he has worked as a researcher and IT administrator at the Zanzibar Research Centre for Socio-Economic and Policy Analysis (ZRCP) and contributed to national digital-development efforts, including a UNCDF study on Zanzibar’s Inclusive Digital Economy Scorecard and the transition of the Jamii ni Afya digital health program to the Government of Zanzibar.

His current research asks a set of connected questions:

  1. From readiness to adoption. Why do institutions and educators who are ready for AI still fail to adopt it, and what closes that gap?
  2. AI for self-regulated learning. How can generative AI and adaptive systems scaffold students’ help-seeking and self-regulation?
  3. Responsible AIED policy. What should AI-in-education policy look like for African and resource-constrained systems, beyond both hype and skepticism?

At a glance

  • PhD Student in Educational Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
  • Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Zanzibar University, Zanzibar, Tanzania
  • Research areas: AI in education, AI adoption in higher education, self-regulated learning, educational technology, human-AI interaction, and human factors & ergonomics

For a complete record of education, appointments, publications, and service, see the CV or download it as a PDF.