In June 2007 a report, ICT in Education in South Africa was published by Shafika Isaacs. In this report he refers to a budget amount for education of R105.5 billion for education of which majority will be used for teacher's salaries.
On Thursday's news a government official announced that all departments need to seriously look at cost cutting to cover the increase the labour force request to end the strike.
I have one serious question: "How will this cost cutting exercise influence the planned expenditure for the increase in ICT usage in schools?"
The question is indeed very serious. I think that Government-lead projects to address the increased used of ICTs in schools, will almost certainly be put on the back burner.
ReplyDeleteYour question is indeed reason for concern. One can just hope that the money that was invested in the Gauteng Online Project has planted a seed for future investments!
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