ICTs were deemed the solution to South Africa’s technological problems in schools, yet it has its own issues where it being integrated is concerned. These issues include vandalism as well as unskilled educators.
To touch on vandalism, many impoverished schools are situated in dangerous areas and are known for being burgled into. Yes we can suggest that the school gets security features but as those specific schools are poor they do not have the funding to get a proper security system put into place. A good suggestion would be that letters are sent home with children stating that volunteers are needed to assist in the caretaking of the school property. Also the school will have fundraisers and whatever money the school raises will go towards the payment of the volunteers who are assisting in the matters of the security system.
Where unskilled educators are concerned there are two issues that I will discuss with regard to this factor. That will be the fact that teachers are not transformative and lack professional development. In terms of teachers not being able to change their ways and wanting to stagnate and not use technology in their classrooms this sets South Africa back as a country because we are not embracing the 4th Industrial revolution. When it comes to the lack of professional development it means that teachers are not equipped to incorporate the technology they are given into their everyday class work as well as assessments. A solution to this would be that teachers should attend workshops and courses in order to increase their knowledge on a professional level.
Thus my stance is that teachers should become transformative and incorporate technology into their work so that they can also be part of the contribution to the 4th Industrial revolution.
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