Teachers’ Perceptions of Adopting Information and Communication Technologies in Teaching and Learning at Rural Secondary Schools in Eastern Cape, South Africa

@article{Chisango2019TeachersPO,
  title={Teachers’ Perceptions of Adopting Information and Communication Technologies in Teaching and Learning at Rural Secondary Schools in Eastern Cape, South Africa},
  author={Grasia Chisango and Newlin Marongwe and Nomxolisi Mtsi and Thembisile E. Matyedi},
  journal={Africa Education Review},
  year={2019},
  volume={17},
  pages={1 - 19},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:203437156}
}
It is found that the teachers had a positive attitude towards the adoption of technologies and were ready to integrate ICTs in teaching and learning but they lacked the requisite ICT skills.
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