Educators and students’ expectations have developed gradually in era of the last decade about how to teach, where to teach, and when to teach and study. Literature has revealed that traditional teaching methods are not the good approach to promote learning, to improve teaching, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been introduced to enhance the way the teaching process is undertaken. This study assesses the role of technological enhanced learning in the teaching and learning of Accounting in secondary schools of the Oliver Reginald (OR) Tambo Inland District in South Africa. The literature review contextualises the role of technological enhanced teaching and learning in education. The study employed a mixed method approach guided by both case study and survey designs. Simple random sampling techniques was used to select one hundred and eighteen (118) accounting learners from six secondary schools while purposive sampling techniques were used to select twenty-four (24) Accounting teachers and six (6) principals from the same six secondary schools. Data were collected using face-to-face semi-structured interviews and the responses to the questionnaire. Qualitative data were analysed thematically while quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics and with the assistance of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings of the study revealed that the following: (i) Technology enhanced teaching and learning improves academic performance of students in Accounting, (ii) some of the Accounting educators have inadequate knowledge in enhanced technology teaching and learning, (iii) educators have positive attitudes towards enhanced technology teaching. In addition, the study highlights some challenges experienced when using the enhancement of technology teaching and learning in Accounting which include: (i) inadequate computer facilities and resources, (ii) lack of funds and trained ICT staff, (iii) the lack of support from the Department of Education, (iv) lack of internet facilities and the high cost of internet connectivity. Therefore, the study, recommends that schools, in conjunction with the Department of Education and Non-Governmental Organisations, must instil in educators and learners the culture of enhanced technology teaching and learning in accounting and raise funds for the purchase and installation of ICT equipment with internet connectivity in all secondary schools of the OR Tambo Inland District.

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