Provinces
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Schools with own computers
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Schools with own computers for teaching and learning
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Eastern Cape
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8.8%
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4.5%
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Free State
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25.6%
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12.6%
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Gauteng
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88.5%
|
45.4%
|
KwaZulu-Natal
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16.6%
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10.4%
|
Mpumalanga
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22.9%
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12.4%
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Northern Cape
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76.3%
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43.3%
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Limpopo
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13.3%
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4.9%
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North West
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30.5%
|
22.9%
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Western Cape
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82.4%
|
56.8%
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National
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39.2%
|
26.5%
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TOTAL
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404.1%
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239.7%
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N=404.1%
N=239.7%
Government Gazette, 470:26734: 12.
3. Purpose of the study
The aim of this study was to investigate the availability and utilization of ICTs by learners and teachers in secondary education schools in the uMhlatuze Municipal area. The objectives of the study were as follows:
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To determine the availability of ICTs in schools and their utilization thereof by learners and teachers.
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To determine whether and/or how ICTs have influenced information seeking behavior.
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To establish the obstacles, problems or limitations hampering the effective utilization of ICTs in the school environment.
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To suggest and recommend measures that should be followed in order to improve the diffusion and use of ICTs in high schools in the uMhlatuze region by teachers and learners.
4. Methodology
A survey was conducted using questionnaires. All nineteen secondary schools, learners, and teachers in the uMhlatuze Municipality were targeted. Following appointments made with the headmasters in order to explain the aim of the study, permission was sought and granted to continue with the study. Non-probability sampling was used, targeting 3% of the school’s learners and teachers. Since a number of schools were targeted (15), it was decided that 3% would be a manageable number of responses to deal with (which was in keeping with the scale of the study). One teacher familiar with ICTs per school was also sampled for interviews concerning specific ICT issues in each respective school. The results from the interview are not included in this report but will be reported separately.
The questionnaires were delivered and left with a contact teacher for distribution. While most of the schools had the questionnaires ready for collection, four schools, i.e. John Ross College, Qhakaza High School, Khombindlela High School, and Old Mill School; did not return any of the papers. A total of 447 questionnaires were distributed to teachers and learners, and only 409 were returned. The learners totaled 366, and teachers, 43.
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