Study The Influence of ICT on Students’ Performance in Environmental Education

ICT (information and communications technology-or technologies) is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application, encompassing: radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning. Environmental Education is adopted as a core subject in primary and secondary schools of our country. It is a course designed to inculcate in the learners right attitudes, values, knowledge and skills for effective citizenry and enable them understand the ways to manage their environmental resources for maximum utilization. With the use of ICT in environmental education classes, the students engage in self-directed learning experiences and activities, that encourages self-expression, co-operative learning and interaction not only with immediate environment but with outside world as well, the students are grounded in environmental education contents.