The school ,as many other schools faces several barriers that may prevent it from integrating ICT successfully.

ICT integration is using technology to learn, communicate, teach, and various other things. It is found in the new information world where technology is used for almost everything even for agriculture.

There are different barriers that prevent the successful implementation of ICT in schools. These barriers are caused by different factors.

The main factor is : the lack of qualified teachers

• There are fewer educators who have appropriate qualifications to teach computer applications technology(CAT)
• When CAT was introduced in schools through the OBE curriculum. Teachers who had little or basic knowledge about computers or had keyboard skills ( typist or receptionists) were tasked to teach CAT and no further training was provided to them.

This  now creates a barrier to the learners as they are not properly taught properly in schools. All that they should be taught thus far are irrelevant and thus they graduate high school computer illiterate. Some universities do not recognise CAT as an entry level subject, therefore high school students are discouraged to do CAT as a subject from grade 10 to  12 and this is also a reason as to why many  learners are not computer literate. This means that having computers and technologies in schools are a not a benefit to anyone.

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