ICT BARRIES IN SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION

The is a range of physical and cultural factors that affect ICT use by the teachers including lack of reliable access to electricity,limited technology,language of instruction,lack of appropriate course content and instruction programs.Some of the challenges associated with integrating technology in south African school are establishment of infrastructure,developing the required skills to make use of information and communication technology in education and ensuring maximum use of technology in order to reap the desired results.

Some of the challenges associated with integrating technology in south African school are the establishment of infrastructure,developing the required skills to make use of information and communication technology in education and ensuring maximum use of technology in order to reap the desired result.

In the south African context,such schools are bedevilled by inadequate resources and under-qualified educators,ICT can potentially help address such challenges yet it is in these environment that educators are having most difficulty in integrating the use of ICT's into the teaching and learning.