Awareness about ICT Tools among School Teachers of Punjab

The age of Information and Technology (IT), commonly known as the 21st century, is currently in effect to revolutionize the education sector to a new phase of modern pedagogy. There are scientific and technological components in every aspect of life. ICT Tools are one of them which is widely used for educational reasons to reform the needs of our education system. It is mostly used for searching educational materials, conducting presentations, assignment updates, improved research, and networking. In current study, a total of 200 respondents were taken from Punjab to investigate the awareness about ICT tools among the School teachers. A total number of five districts namely Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Faridkot, Patiala and Amritsar were selected which are not adjoining with each other. Among all the information availed by the teachers, results showed that maximum respondents showed a medium level of awareness among ICT tools. Around 80 per cent teachers showed medium level of awareness followed by 12 per cent in a low level of awareness and rest 9 per cent teachers had higher level of awareness. Different ICT tools like computer, multimedia projector and software like Punjab Educare app were the most preferred tools with the mean score of 2.98, 2.79 and 2.61 respectively. by maximum people in order to seek educational material online. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the most popular and easily accessible method present on finger tips. This study suggests about the awareness and methodology for teachers capable of using ICT for their student’s educational benefits and implementation of relevant recommendations and capacity building programs for teachers.