THE ROLE OF ICT BASED HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FROM TEACHERS PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

In the era of knowledge-based society, education has assumed an important role. The significant developments in Information technologies have opened up new perspective in teaching and learning process. We can see the widespread use of ICT in teaching and learning process in Higher educational institutes in India. Higher education in India is witnessing a sea change, thanks to the rapid technological advancement and Innovation. The study is to analyse the perception and the challenges faced by teachers in using ICT tools in their respective classrooms. A quantitative research design was used to collect the data randomly from a sample of 80 teachers from Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhary North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India. For the purpose of the study data was collected through distribution of modified adopted survey questionnaire. To analyse the collected data, descriptive statistics, and independent sample t-test have been employed. The study concluded that the ICT usage among the faculties of KBC North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon is fairly good but at the same time there are some various challenges in executing part. Further, the faculties from social science face enormous challenges regarding the usage of ICT tools as compare to their counterparts from science and Technology. The teaching staff needs training on ICT in order to integrate ICT effectively in teaching learning, so that they can improve their skills in use of ICT for teaching-learning.