What is ICT Information communication and technology in general relates to the sophisticated and expensive computer based technology, but it also includes more conventional technology such as Radio, TV, phone, Tapes etc. According to United Nations Development Prog ramme (UNDP), ICT's are basically information handling tools - a varied set of goods, applications, services that are used to produce, store, process, distribute and exchange information. It can be categorized as the older technology and the newer technology. The older technology which is referred to as Analog media includes - Radio, TV, Phone, Newspapers, Casettes and tapes etc. On the other hand, the newer technology, which is in general called Digital Media includes - computer, satellite and wireless technology and internet. All these …show more content…
The role of ICT in education is to empower the technology into present educational activities to keep pace with the changing scenario of education in the world and to make our teaching and learning process more effective and interesting. ICT brings active learning, collaborative and creative aspect to the educational system. Education can be broadly divided in two categories - Formal and Non-formal. Formal education relates to the education given to the students in schools, colleges and universities. Whereas the informal education includes vocational training programmes awareness programmes and adult