MY SCHOOLING AT PHAMBILI SECONDARY SCHOOL IN MPUMALANGA, A JOURNEY CONTINUED...

I matriculated in 2012 at Phambili Secondary school which is situated in a small village called Tweefontein near KwaMhlanga that falls under Mpumalnga province. I was doing science strem, my subject include Maths, Physical science, Life science, English, IsiNdebele, Tourism and LO. what I can say mostly importantly about my school is that, my school has a variety of hardworking, respectful and caring teachers, special my principal, He was there for giving us support and making sure that we get enough information so that we can all pass grade 12. My favourite Teacher was my Life science teacher because he was not  only teaching us about education but also teaching us about life. My high teacher had play an important role in my life to be where I'm  today.

My school was poor in ICT, We didn't have computer labs because the infrastructure was poor, it had few small classes which lead to have many learners per class. The only computer we had it was for office only use only. They used the black board to convey lesson, there was no projector. Although my school was behind with technology and shortage of study materials, but with the support of our caring teacher, we managed to pass our Grade flying colours.

   

ICT BARRIERS IN SOUTH AFRICA EDUCATION

ICT BARRIERS IN SOUTH AFRICA EDUCATION

South African school's is  facing a serious problem concerning the use of Information and Communication Technology in classroom in order to teach learners. Most of the learners special those from rural areas do not have computer skills due to the following barriers;

- Most of the schools in rural areas have poor infrastructure and that lead no them to don't have computer labs.
- Lack of skilled educate who can teach their learner about computer.
- It is expensive to install computer labs.
- Crime: Computers are mostly stolen by community members from those school which have them.
- Lack of Resources and technology equipment such as printer, tablet and computers.

In order to reduce this ICT barriers the department of education and private sectors must work hand in hand to make it possible for rural schools to have access to these facilities and also educate teachers more about ICT so they can teach their learners in class. I'm looking forward to convey this ICT informatin to my learner I will be teaching.