Draft White Paper on e-Education - South African Government ...

support.ICT in Practice Awards4.20 Integral to our strategy of motivating teachers and schools to integrate ICT intotheir daily functions, the Department of Education will continue with its incentiveprogramme for the Most Improved Schools Awards in the category ofTechnology Enhance Learning Award. The aim of this award will be to celebrateexcellence in the creative use of ICT and to inspire learners and teachers toexploit the full potential of this rich and exciting technology.4.21 Through this incentive scheme we will identify models of excellent practice anduse these to develop and promote effective practice in the use of ICT inteaching learning and leadership. The award will allow us to share good practicewith the wider teaching community while rewarding individuals and teams whodemonstrate exemplary practice in ICT.The role of higher education4.22 The Department of Education and the provincial education departments willcollaborate with higher education institutions to design and deliver in-serviceand pre-service training programmes for teachers, managers andadministrators.4.23 The Department of Education must ensure the inclusion of ICT integrationcompetencies for teachers, administrators and managers in accredited preserviceteacher training programmes delivered by higher education institutions.4.24 Accredited pre-service, teacher training programmes must provide students withthe basic knowledge, skills and attitudes required to integrate ICT into subjectsof specialisation. This will require that each graduating teacher is able tocombine knowledge of the learning process and instructional systems theorywith various forms of media and learning environments to create the mosteffective and efficient learning experiences.