Analyzing challenges and familiarity of ICT in education: Insights of secondary school teachers Larkana District
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Information and Communication Technology, Secondary school teachers, Integration of ICTAbstract
This study aimed to analyze the secondary teachers’ level of familiarity of ICT and challenges they face when they integrate ICT in classroom. Quantitative research design was adopted in this study to study the challenges of ICT in classroom settings. The targeted population was all the secondary school teachers of district Lakrana. While sample of 40 teachers was taken into consideration by utilizing the stratified randomly sampling technique. Out of 40 teachers 20 were male and 20 were female. The data was gathering using already validated questionnaire of likert type. In addition, the data was analyzed by having utilized the MS Excel because the sample was limited to MS Excel was best fit for it. The results uncovered that secondary teachers are aware about the ICT tools with a condition that their familiarity does not guarantee that they will use ICT it in their teaching. Moreover, it also disclosed that there are various challenges that hinder the process of implementation. The challenges like shortage of class time, little access to ICT, less technical support, negative view of society, school, and colleagues towards ICT, time needed for teachers to learn themselves first, and requirements of qualifications. However, it was recommended that authorities should take timely precautionary measures so that educators could successfully integrate ICT in classrooms.
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