Evaluation of ICT for Education Impact

Kozma View

Kozma maintain that computer should contribute to changes in teaching practices,

school innovation and community services which would benefit not only learners but
even learners with special needs.

Potential impacts that ICT can have when applied on education

ICT can increased knowledge of school subject, improve attitudes about learning
and the acquisition of new skills needed for the development economy. it can also
help to close the gender gap ,developed the teachers technology skill and
knowledge of new pedagogical approaches. Developed the habit of positive
thinking, it deepen the concept of partnership and networking with others ,fist of all
it is possible that children will use computer together which will enhance their
interaction with each others if teachers assignment , join project where children
work in groups of two or more then the interaction of individuals remains in the
framework of doing work.

It creates a leaner to work and practice and even exploratory learning and they
achieve a fair amount of entertainment and recreation. ICT also enables educators
and learners to broaden their information horizon in order to affect constructive
discussion in the classroom situation.

South Africa has got two projects that want to be online with Kozma views, that
ICT must have positive impact on learners, educators and community namely
Gauteng online and Khanya project.

Gauteng online: it does not have a positive impact on student knowledge, skill
and attitude but unfortunately it lack in bringing changes in teaching practices as
only few teachers are trained in computer literacy.

• Poor security at school.

• There are numerous cases of labs which remain off line.

• Lack of community involvement.

• Educators and Headmasters have been threatened by department of

education to report everything is success.

• Lack of appropriate security system.

• GSSC did not plan this project properly.

• Theft, broken computer and fail internet connection are just some of the
problems the GSSC has failed to fix over the year.
 • The Governors Alliance will no longer support the project.

• The Governors Alliance which represents 384 schools across the Gauteng
area says the project is failing.

• The Governors Alliance say the principal are not impressed with the project,
no ones impressed.

• The planned training of teachers has also been also problematic.

• The GSSC did not introduce some measures to deal with increasing cases of
theft, these have not been effective.

While on the other hand Khanya has gone further than just providing computer
technology for the sake of making Learners computer literate, it has developed a
unique model for sustainability which is based on the principle of partnership,
particularly with community and micro organization. The Khanya project is an
initiative of the Western Cape Education department .It was established in April
2001 to determine the contribution that technology could make towards addressing
the increasing shortage of educator capacity in schools. With many educators
leaving the profession, few ones entering it, t was necessary to explore alterative .

Goals and Objective of the Khanya Project

By 2012 every Educator will be empowered to use appropriate and available

technology to deliver curriculum to each and every learner.

It should be noted that the emphasis of the Khanya project is:

• Increase educator capacity and effectiveness by means of technology.
• Provide an opportunity for learners to benefit from a variety of learning styles
• Use technology to assist all disabled learners to maximize learning.
• Improve Senior Certificate and FETS result, as well as learner outcome in all
grades, in terms of number of passes and quality of result.
• Increase the number of learner taking mathematics and Science on the
higher grade and coping successfully.
• Increasing the number of learners qualified and competed to enter tertiary
education.
• Improve numeracy and literacy.
• Prepare all learners for the information Age.
• Narrow the digital divide.
• Create a technological rich province.

The achievement of Khanya

• 1102 school have been provided with technology facilities.
• 119 schools are in the process of infrastructure preparing for installation.
 • 47293 processors have been deployed in schools.
• 24417 educators have received basic IT training and are receiving ongoing
traning through the Khanya process.
• 805818 learners are benefiting from using the technology on daily basis.
Recommendation
Teachers need to have the skills and resources at their disposal to successfully use
ICT in their teaching. The skills need to be developed from a combination of
comprehensive training and experience, ensure that all existing resources are able
to be used to make the job of the teacher and learners easier. The existing project
should be able to respond to the cry for help from school and community. Ensure
that are trained to be skilled ICT users .