... slow to respond to the changes within IT, although some schools do have computers, they are often "incompatible with each other, not powerful enough to run up-to-date software and lack storage capacity"1. All of these issues along with the fact that teachers have not been kept up-to date with training have resulted in a shortage of people being employed within the IT field. New business methods are placing demands on the educational system to change and introduce new subject areas. Computer literacy has become an important issue in finding employment and many companies are now requesting this form of education. The government has now realised that in order to fill these gaps within the IT employment industry they must educate the teachers in IT. After all it is these teachers that educate the children, and if the teachers are lacking in IT knowledge, how are they supposed to transmit the ...

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