Attitude of teachers towards utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in secondary schools of Assam with special reference to Kamrup District

Abstract

The use of ICT in Secondary schools is a recent dimension. The utilization of ICT has changed the total scenario of the education system. The attitude of teachers plays a vital role in the utilization of ICT in schools and the teaching process as a whole. The present study tries to investigate the attitude of teachers towards the utilization of ICT in secondary schools of Kamrup district Assam. This study is designed to find out the attitude of secondary school teachers in relation to their ages, gender and working area, i/e. urban or rural. A descriptive survey method has been adopted by the researcher for the study. In order to collect the primary data about the attitude of teachers, an attitude scale was developed by the researcher using Likert 5-point scale and it was standardized by following proper standard procedure. The population of the study was comprised of 3329 secondary school teachers teaching in govt provincialized secondary schools, and the sample of the study was 400 teachers, which is above 10 per cent. The study found various attitude levels among male/female, rural/urban, and junior/senior teachers towards the utilization of ICT in teaching in secondary schools of Kamrup district of Assam.