Importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) education.

Education is termed as one of the basic requirements on which great


nations are built. It is an investment that takes its time to pay dividends but,


according to economists, education generates the highest returns when compared


to any other avenues where resources can be committed. In developing countries,


where a large population lives at subsistence levels, primary education is a


major tool for enriching human capital. At the primary level, young minds are


enlightened to accept new ideas, show creativity, develop critical thinking and


above all, enable themselves to absorb surrounding information for informed


decision-making at any later stage in life. In this regard, computer studies or


ICT becomes immensely important.







How essential is ICT or computer education at the primary level? This question


is worth exploring given that our children are growing up in an information age


- and not in an industrial age.







The argument that we are so underdeveloped and devoid of basic infrastructure


that we cannot even afford to think about computers is not very valid any more.


With decreasing cost and increasing usability of desktop PCs - which in fact


face the threat of extinction at the hands of laptops - has turned the


situation from bleak to bright. It is now a matter of choice, rather than


availability to introduce ICT at primary school level - at least in the urban


areas.



Here, it is important to note that there are two very different and distinct


aspects of ICT in education. One is teaching ICT itself, and the second is using


ICT as an augmented tool to the existing teaching methods which is more


important, it will be very useful if the people study from,


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