We were interested in how e-competent the parents as key partners of schools were. We carried out a research in which we checked the e-competence of parents of secondary school students in boarding schools, and their e-expectations for the boarding school. The study involved 492 parents of students who lived in large boarding schools in Slovenia and attended secondary school. The results indicate that parents use ICT and that they expect the boarding schools to have the possibility of collaboration with them via Internet. If boarding schools organized ICT related courses, the parents would be prepared to participate. The article discusses the role and the importance of information and communication technology (ICT) in school environment. We have found out that the process of informatisation has become one of the most important activities of the modern world, a generator of social success and a means of integrating with the developed world. For organizations that do not follow the global development of computerization, there is no future. Currently in the Slovenian school system the project e-Education is in progress. Its primary goal is to accelerate the process of informatisation of every educational institution, depending on its current status in management, educational and technical fields. The standards of an e-competent school, teacher (educator), headmaster and computer expert are being developed.Sprašujemo se, kako je z e-kompetentnostjo staršev kot najpomembnejših partnerjev šole. V ta namen smo naredili raziskavo, s katero smo preverili e-kompetentnost staršev dijakov dijaških domov ter njihova e-pričakovanja do dijaškega doma. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 492 staršev dijakov, ki bivajo v dijaških domovih v Sloveniji in obiskujejo sekundarno izobraževanje. Rezultati raziskave kažejo, da starši uporabljajo IKT in da od dijaškega doma pričakujejo možnost sodelovanja preko interneta. V primeru, da bi dijaški dom izobraževanje s področja IKT organiziral, so se pripravljeni tudi izobraževati. V članku govorimo tudi o vlogi in pomenu informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije (IKT) v šolskem okolju. Ugotavljamo, da je proces informatizacije postal ena od najvažnejših aktivnosti sodobnega sveta, generator družbenega uspeha in sredstvo za povezovanje z razvitim svetom. Za organizacije, ki ne bodo sledile globalnemu razvoju informatizacije, ni prihodnosti. V šolskem sistemu se na nacionalnem nivoju dogaja projekt e-šolstvo. Osnovni cilj projekta je pospešitev procesa informatizacije vsakega vzgojno izobraževalnega zavoda v odvisnosti od njegovega trenutnega stanja na vodstvenem, didaktičnem in tehničnem področju. Razvija se standard e-kompetentne šole, učitelja, vzgojitelja, ravnatelja, računalničarja
