eReadiness Assessment Tool for Schools

Though Information and Communication Technologies (ICT's) have become pervasive across various aspects of educational settings, their adoption and diffusion vary among developing and developed schools, often described as the Digital Divide. In this work, we conducted a baseline study in KwaZulu Natal, Mpumalanga as well as the North West and Eastern Cape in South Africa, to determine the status of the use of ICT resources in different schools across multiple provinces. The baseline study used a survey instrument based on an e-maturity framework and is part of a larger project. This paper presents the findings from the baseline study and outlines the elements of eReadiness. The paper concludes with the assessment results of the paper-based tool and presents the Beta version of the digitised tool.