ICT and Digital Divide in Indian School System
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The education system across the globe has undergone major transformation with the exceptionally fast paced change in technological domain of knowledge. As a result, ICT in its own way has managed to make a permanent place for itself in education sector – specifically in school education. Still, if we look into the situation and assess the pace with which ICT has made its place in school system, we find the situation not so convincing. Our schools, mainly govt. schools are ill-equipped in terms of infrastructure and basic facilities, our teachers are not trained adequately to infuse ICT in education, and execution of many enthusiastic policies are done half-heartedly, thus leaving the less privileged segment of children, who come from lower socio-economic class of society and are largely dependent on govt. school system for their education, with very little or no access to digital learning. This frustrating situation creates a „digital divide‟, which refers to the gap between people with effective access to digital and information technology and those with very limited or no access at all. It includes the imbalances in physical access to technology as well as the imbalances in resources and skills needed to effectively participate as a digital citizen. This paper attempts to look in to the status of ICT facilities in the govt. schools of Uttar Pradesh. The paper examines as to how far the govt. policies and efforts have been able to bridge this digital divide.
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Gopal Krishna Thakur
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