ICT Skills at the Intermediate Level

Salim Akoojee is a chief researcher in the Education, Science and Skills Development research program at the Human Sciences Research Council. Fabian Arends is a research specialist in the Education, Science and Skills Development Research Program. Joan Roodt is a chief researcher in the Education, Science and Skills Development Research Program.

ICT skilling - an overview of international and national considerations; the international context of ICT skilling; national development and intermediate-level ICT skilling; definitional and methodological considerations; definitional issues; methodological considerations. Demand for intermediate-level ICT skills. ICT skills according to economic sector; provincial distribution of the ICT workforce; change in the ICT workforce; qualification levels of the ICT workforce; racial distribution and trends in the ICT workforce - the challenge of BEE; strategies to redress inequalities; the gender dimension; current demand in the ICT sector; overview - demand for intermediate ICT skills; provision of intermediate-level ICT skills by private providers; organisational features of private ICT providers; typology of ICT service providers; forms of ownership; programmes and instructional delivery patterns; quality matters; admission and access; the national context of intermediate-level ICT training provision; an assessment - provision of ICT training at the intermediate level.