With the rapid expansion of, and improvements in Information Technology, and its impact on all facets of life, the need to be computers literate is no longer a choice, but a necessity. Although the cost of technology have been made more competitive, many persons whose income is tied closely to the cost of living of the particular country in which they reside, cannot afford the basic obsolete computer system.

This clearly places over half the population of many countries at a disadvantage, and by extension it limits the type of development that can take place. Many countries are forced to import human resources to full the void left by an uneducated and uninformed society, thereby relegating its citizens to the less challenging occupations.

Schools curriculum are designed by and facilitated by information technology, therefore those children who do not have unlimited access suffers. Added to this dilemma are parents who are computer illiterate, this inability divorces them from what they children are doing, as they are unable to play an active role in their children's' learning.

Computers and its associated technological usage has become common place in all forms of communication in business and in the home, unfortunately in some cases replacing human contact, but the pundates would say that this is ultimate price one has to be paid for development. When persons are disconnected from communication the world in which they live remains minute, limiting their ability to imagine, explore or experience new opportunities and ideas. This type of disconnect reverts progress, causes the colonialization of technology and placed persons in a position where they have no control over the information their receive or how or when it is delivered.

Technological pauperization which results in disadvantage groups not having readily access to information technology engenders increase inequalities in the social structure of a country. Without the intervention of governmental programmes and projects that would provide the Community with Resource Centres, equip with the requisite machinery, where persons can go to easily access the information and technology, inequality and impoverishment with continue to reign.

Making technology available to disadvantaged persons is the responsibility of governments, as an informed society supports growth and development. Countries that cannot afford to make information technology readily available to their people, because of economic hardship and National debt, should be aides and assisted by International Donor Agencies, First World Counties and International Charities. This should be adapted as one of the basis human rights in the United Nation Human Rights Declaration, "Every citizen of a country should have the rights to assess to Information Technology".

I am a former Social Worker, with a first degree in Psychology and Sociology, I did post graduate studies in Project Management and is now a Project Coordinator with the Ministry of Community Development and Culture. My specialty is in Social Development Projects.