- Title
- The extent of the use of ICT in schools in the Nelson Mandela Bay area
- Creator
- Sonkwala, Mzikayise Richard
- Subject
- Educational technology -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Subject
- Computer-assisted instruction -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Subject
- Information technology
- Date Issued
- 2011
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9102
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012284
- Identifier
- Educational technology -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Identifier
- Computer-assisted instruction -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Identifier
- Information technology
- Description
- It is the 21st Century and the world is a global village. The development of technology like Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has thus become the dominant means of communication. Education has not been left out of this wave of change. In many countries Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has a clear impact in the development of educational curriculum. This cannot be said about South Africa where huge disparities in terms of ICT related resources still exist. There is a range of uses of ICT in South African schools and it varies according to the economic and social conditions where that school is located. For example, the former Model C schools are well-resourced in terms of computers and access to internet whilst township schools lack these resources. In township schools very few students are exposed to computers due to the limited number of computers and lack of properly qualified educators in the field of ICT. In the Nelson Mandela Bay area township schools only offer CAT (Computer Applications Technology) as an ICT related subject whilst the former Model C schools offer CAT and IT (Information Technology).This treatise attempts to show the digital divide that still exists between a former Model C school and a township school, and the impact it has in quality of education in these schools.
- Format
- 36 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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