International Journal of Computer Science Issues

More than a traditional journal...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is growing and taking many sectors of economy in many countries. It is seen as a desire technology to drive economy. However, this dream is hardly turned into reality and many countries have an agenda to make the dream reality. Some countries are close to making the dream reality particularly developed countries, while other countries still have long way to go. Botswana like any other developing countries have joined the race but still have long way to go. Usage of ICT for teaching in secondary schools is improving, but found to be very infant levels at primary schools. From the findings, it is clear that teachers still lack skills and do not have confidence in using ICT for teaching. However, teachers who hold degree qualification seem to use ICT more often compared to those with diploma qualifications. Some challenges resulting in low usage are due to insufficient resources, negative attitude of teachers and lack of training. Also there are no incentives that encourage usage of ICT in schools and this even demoralize those who may perhaps have interest in using ICT in teaching. Introduction of trolley approach should be considered, tested and perhaps can be a solution for improving ICT usage in schools.