This 1998 paper touches on some of the major issues relating to ICT and literacy which had until then been treated as separate subjects. It argues for a convergence of the two and recommends that government agencies coordinate their visions instead of sending contradictory messages to teachers and students. In this new Paper, he has touched on some of the major issues relating to ICT and literacy which have until now been treated as separate subjects. He argues for a convergence of the two and recommends that government agencies coordinate their visions instead of sending contradictory messages to teachers and students. This Paper was included as part of Literacy Across the Curriculumedia Focus, Volume 14, No.1&2.