Many SA teachers cannot even type a test paper on a computer: report

So "HOW" the hell did they become teachers in the first place?
Or can't they read or write either!
Who can they BLAME now?
 
What about self help there are lots of free courses the teachers could do!
 
The Department of Education has now made a new pledge: all pupils would have access to the web and know how to navigate it within the next 10 years.

There are, however, many challenges. “Only 32% of teachers have received training and of those only 10% have implemented the training in the classroom,” the Sunday Times stated.
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When you set goals be sure that it is attainable.
Rather focus your attention on the teachers and get them up to speed, the rest will follow on its own.
 
Slowly but surely we are going to end up like the rest of Africa... homeless... jobless... foodless... moneyless.... educationless....

This government only cares about getting high salaries and financial benefits for themselves instead of taking care of every south african citizen. I don't mean spoon feeding people. They should educate people in the right way, create sustainable job oppurtunities, combat crime more affectively, build affordable, quality houses etc.
 
Let's not generalise ALL teachers now. ;) ...as i type i'm watching the marks roll in from the online quizzes that my classes do.

Honestly don't get why we can't be at the forefront with regards to tech. It really isn't that difficult. Really isn't.

*frustrating*
 
It's difficult in a lot of the EC to get this kinda thing right. Mostly because of lack of DoE support. They've just cancelled all the 3G cards that were given to schools so now they're all stranded with no way of connecting and told to "Figure it out yourselves". So that's why the figures for connectivity have decreased.

Add to that the haphazard rollout of tech to most schools and you begin to understand. I've been to a bunch of schools that have had DoE push in a bunch of PCs and they've never been connected. Went to one, there was a R60k HP server lying in the cabinet running happily but not connected to anything!

Time is going to come when the private sector is going to have to step in and make IT education happen for teachers and students despite what the DoE might be planning.
 
/Hopefully Picard says, "I'm part of the 10% who have implemented the training in the classroom"
 
It is really shocking that connectivity and access to PC's in schools actually decreased in the last 10 years compared to how the internet in general has grown, technology advanced and got cheaper and local bandwidth prices fallen over the last 10 years. We should have been well over the 50% mark in schools, not dropped by 2% to 24%.
 
Teachers are unable to perform a simple task like type a Mathematics or Science test paper and are in dire need of ICT training.
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If you go by the average quality of document editing, I suspect "typing a Mathematics or Science test paper" is not such a basic task.
 
Penquin said:
It is really shocking that connectivity and access to PC's in schools actually decreased in the last 10 years compared to how the internet in general has grown, technology advanced and got cheaper and local bandwidth prices fallen over the last 10 years. We should have been well over the 50% mark in schools, not dropped by 2% to 24%.
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Absolutely shocking. The ANC is working on its legacy.
 
This is not really a surprise tbh,

The figures are shocking, but some very simple steps could make a huge difference. I just don't think our government has the political will to make those steps.
 
Our government is more interested in helping themselves with tax money than actually working for the country
 
as leon-pe says... I wouldn't generalise now.

We need to remember that most rural schools don't have the security or infrastructure to properly accommodate a decent IT solution (let alone the finances). When one is struggling to ensure that their learners have had one meal that day, then IT skills start to seem pretty irrelevant.

The fact that infrastructure has declined in recent years, that is frightening.

I'd like to see a survey of private/old Model C schools - see where they stand on things...
 
ch@rge said:
We need to remember that most rural schools don't have the security or infrastructure to properly accommodate a decent IT solution (let alone the finances). When one is struggling to ensure that their learners have had one meal that day, then IT skills start to seem pretty irrelevant.
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No excuses. They should provide it. It is criminal to send people into the 21st century world without proper computer skills.
 
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