IMPACT OF ICT IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Information Technology & Educaiton

In this modern era, education is viewed as a powerful means to build knowledge based society. The higher education system in india suffers from several deficiencies though it has attempted in many ways to grow after independence. Higher education is considered to play a key role in the development of a country as it has the power to build knowledge based society and in this direction, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can play a critical role to accelerate the pace of creating new knowledge. The introduction of ICT in the higher education has had a profound implication for the whole education process, especially in dealing with key issues of access, equity, management, efficiency, pedagogy and quality. This papers gives an account of the opportunities and challenges posed by integration of ICTs in various aspects of higher education, which is the objective of this paper.

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