ICT Knowledge and Usage Patterns among Rural Female Undergraduates: A Case Study of Kamrup Rural District, Assam

Abstract

The study aims to evaluate the knowledge among the students on Information and Communication Technology and their usage of different ICT platforms. A total of 162 college-going female students pursuing graduation from Dakshin Kamrup Girls’ College, Mirza of Kamrup Rural district of Assam were selected as the samples for the study. A multistage non-probability sampling technique was employed, with convenience sampling used at the final stage of respondent selection. The results of the study show that 74.19 per cent of the respondents have knowledge of ICT and 51.62 per cent of them have knowledge that mobile, laptops and computers are ICT devices. 58.06 per cent of the respondents use web browsers for educational purposes and 93.54 per cent of them are interested to learn about ICT. The study clearly shows a knowledge gap as almost one fourth (25.81%) of the respondents have less knowledge on ICT and proper intervention may prove to be effective to fulfill the existing gap among the college-going female students of rural areas of Assam.