Understanding factors that influence success rate of students in computer literacy

The rapidly changing·end-user computing environment requires an informed recipient of information who can play an active role in the design of information systems to capture. retrieve and interpret data [6). We need our students to develop practical skills as well as thorough theoretical understanding of IT concepts so that they can effectively function in the constantly evolving technological future. UWC students typically come from varied academic and socio-economic backgrounds. Many are from educationally disadvantaged communities that have had little exposure to technology [4). Monyeki [2) asserts that it is simplistic to assume that studies conducted on students from other education departments in South Africa will hold for students from these educationally disadvantaged communities, hence the reason for our study