Abstract

Information Communication Technology (ICT) greatly facilitates the acquisition and absorption of knowledge, offering opportunities to improve educational systems and open access to knowledge in ways unimaginable not long ago. Access to ICTs is therefore a key enabler. The study sets to find out lived experiences of students on Adult Education programs with information communication technology services at UNESWA, Kwaluseni. Ninety (90) students in the final year classes of the Adult Education programmes and six (6) ICT Center technical support staff responsible for the computer laboratories at Kwaluseni were studied. The study’s methodological approach was a mixed method. It was concluded that challenges with access to ICT services, alternative ways of access and attitudes of students towards ICT services predicted the lived experiences of students on Adult Education programs with ICT services.

Keywords: Information Communication Technology (ICT), Access to ICT services, Lived experiences, Needs for ICT services, Students on adult education programs, Case study