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Basic education and artificial intelligence : a South African framework
Dissertation (MIT (Information Systems))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/107854 Basic education and artificial intelligence : a South African framework Steyn, Adriana Aletta (Riana) u17016143@tuks.co.za Ndhlovu, Bheki UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Artificial intelligence Basic education Curriculum development Educational policy South Africa Dissertation (MIT (Information Systems))--University of Pretoria, 2025. This study provides a conceptual framework for incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into basic education in South Africa. There is a gap in AI implementation strategies and frameworks, particularly in South Africa. This study examines the advantages of AI, as well as barriers to acceptance in developing countries, utilising the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. Using the qualitative method, semi-structured interviews are conducted with educators in the basic education system to collect data. The results show that the basic education system in South Africa, particularly in the rural areas, does not have the basic infrastructure for technology use and is therefore not ready for AI. There are also obstacles in the form of funding and government support in terms of developing policies and budgets to help steer the implementation of AI. The implications of the data suggest that, for any implementation of the AI to be successful in South Africa, government needs to provide urgent support in the form of recurring budget allocations, which the framework links to educators’ behavioural intention to adopt AI, alongside policy interventions. This study recommends the collaboration of educators and the Department of Basic Education to create clear policies, invest in teacher training and encourage collaboration between all stakeholders, guided by a South African specific framework that goes beyond generic international models by specifying the school level enabling conditions required for equitable and sustained classroom use of AI. Informatics MIT (Information Systems) Unrestricted Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology SDG-04: Quality education 2026-02-05T07:37:19Z 2026-02-05T07:37:19Z 2026-05-30 2025-09-30 Dissertation * A2026 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/107854 10.25403/UPresearchdata.31248571 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Artificial intelligence Basic education Curriculum development Educational policy South Africa Basic education and artificial intelligence : a South African framework |
| title | Basic education and artificial intelligence : a South African framework |
| title_full | Basic education and artificial intelligence : a South African framework |
| title_fullStr | Basic education and artificial intelligence : a South African framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Basic education and artificial intelligence : a South African framework |
| title_short | Basic education and artificial intelligence : a South African framework |
| title_sort | basic education and artificial intelligence a south african framework |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Artificial intelligence Basic education Curriculum development Educational policy South Africa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/107854 |