ICT Barriers in South African Education

Information and Communication Technology integration in Education is the use of technology tools in teaching and learning general content subjects. the ICT integration benefit both teachers and learners, it motivate learners to learn and it promote both independent work and team work, it also increases teacher's efficiency in lesson preparation.

Factors prohibiting the successful integration of ICT in SA schools



• Poor proficiency in English language
• Resistance change
• Irrelevance of the curriculum and inadequate teacher preparation
• Lack of infrastructure
• Lack of time
• Lack of confidence
• Limited knowledge on how to make full use of ICT
• Lack of computer facilities and related soft ware
• Lack of technical support
• Lack of a clear implementation roadmap




During my schooling years I had no access to any technology at school, there were no any kind of technology that was available for learners to use. We were told that every time they bought computers for my school they got stolen. The other challenge was that we as learners were not really interested and we were ignorant when it comes to ICT, I guess maybe it was because we were from the rural areas and most of all we were never inspired by anyone, we thought only about writing notes, studying and getting to matric these were the only things we cared about and careless about anything else that came afterwards, and I know most students can agree with me.

Due to this challenges there have been critics to the use of technology in education.