Technical Education: Role of Information and Technology

India has one of the largest and greatest pools of scientific and technical man power in the world. Teachers play a pivotal role in the development of the country to impart basic knowledge and skills to the students and mould them in all round way to perform not only in their fields but also as good civilian. Education is a cyclical process; the goal of education is to bring desirable changes in the behavior of the learner in the form of acquisition of knowledge, proficiency in skills and development of attitude. Teaching and learning are internal parts of education. Teaching Learning System associated with many resources like men, material, money and inputs (students) enhances instructional process and output (knowledge) for the society in the shape of intellectual citizens. Effective technical teaching is a complex, intellectually demanding and socially challenging task. Multimedia is an evolution of technology as well as a convergence which brings together IT related hardware and software. Converging technologies includes computer, TV, printing and telecom. Teachers do not become redundant but their role becomes more challenging and demanding as they are expected to use the media to enrich their lessons.