in scotland, ICT is clearly integral to the existing curriculum in primary and secondary education, see, for example, the development programme or higher still in which information technology is identified as one of the core skills areas. in light of current uk-wide development such as the National Grid for Learning and the new opportunities fund funded traning in ICT for teacher and librarians, it is all the more important to understand teacher' iCT skill and knowledge need, to discover their priorities for future development and to estABLISH What will encourage teachers to adนpt ICT where appropriate in their professional lives as classroom practitioners, as planner and managers and as learners. and investigation of the ICT skills and knowledge needs of teachers working in scotland was therefore commissioned by the scottish office and completed by the authors. this paper reports on that study indicating relatively low use of ICT and number of key issues which have implications for teacher training and development. the full report is available on the scottish executive website