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“An Analysis On Impact Of ICT On Student’s Academic Performance At Primary Level In Schools Of
Shahfaisal Town”
1.1; Background:
ICT stands for Information & Communication Technologies. The impact of ICT on
student’s learning has been focused among last two decades. ICT includes internet, wireless
network, cell phones, digital media and other information and communication medium. In past
few decades information and communication technology has provided to society with many
new things such as new communication software’s which are widely used around the world.
“People can communicate in real time with one another in different countries using
technologies such as instant messaging, voice over IP and video conferencing, social networking
websites like Facebook allow users from all over the world to remain in contact and easily talk
on regular basis.” Technologies have been changing day by day, we have updated ourselves and
society along with the technological advancement. Before this technological advancement
swept the world, people wouldn’t know what was happening in their neighboring countries. On
the other hand, today every news or story spread like fire spreads through wood and you will
get to know what is happening around the globe within few minutes. “For this reason ICT is
often studied in the context of how modern communication technologies affected society.” (tech
daily basis. These technologies makes our lives easier and faster and also convey package of
knowledge to us. ICT is an umbrella term that includes any communication device
encompassing radio, television, cell phones, computer and network hardware, satellite systems
and so on as well as the various services & applications that comes with them such as video
conferencing and distance learning. This is said by Margaret Rouse in September, 2005, “ICT are
often spoken of a particular context such as ICTs in education, health care or libraries.” When
used appropriately, different ICTs are said to help expand access to education, strengthen the
relevance of education to the increasingly digital workplace and raise educational quality by,
among others, helping make teaching and learning into an engaging active process connected
to real life.
1.2; Objectives:
General Objectives:
The general objective of the study is to analyze the impact of Information & Communication
Technology on student’s academic performance at primary level.
Specific Objectives:
Increase the critical thinking of students.
Students becomes familiar with the technology and it’s usage.
Students interest in technology increases making them eager to learn and explore more.
Making learning enjoyable and fun by the use of pictures, videos, slideshows etc.
Enables students to understand all the abstract concepts much better.
Teacher can develop better lessons through research on internet about specific topics out of
books.
1.3; Hypothesis:
There is a significant difference between ICTs based learning students and without ICTs based learning
students.
There will be significant difference in the learning outcomes of ICTs based lessons.
There will be significant difference in importance of role of ICT in understanding more about the
information of lesson.
1.4; Significance:
Nowadays the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), especially
internet in the education sector plays an important role, especially in the process of
empowering the technology into the educational activities. Education sector can be the most
effective sector to anticipate and eliminate the negative impact of ICT. Technology (internet) in
another side can be the most effective way to increase the student’s knowledge.
Being aware of the significant role of ICT (internet) in our life, especially in the educational
empower ICT in supporting the teaching and learning process in the classroom. ICT is not just
the bloom of the educational activities, but also it will be the secondary option to improve the
The ICT has been developing very rapidly nowadays. Therefore, in order to balance it, the whole
educational system should be reformed and ICT should be integrated into educational activities.
The implementation of ICT in education has not been a priority trend of educational reform and
the state paid little attention to it. Therefore, there should be an active participation, initiative
and good will of the schools and the government institutions to enhance ICT implementation at
school.
The teachers should be the main motivator and initiator of the ICT implementation at schools.
The teachers should be aware of the social change in their teaching activities. They should be
the agent of change from the classical method into the modern one. They must also be the part
learning.
1.5; Scope:
The scope of study would be limited to all primary schools of the Shahfaisal town.
considered that students constructed reality from experience and prior knowledge. “The
students interacts with the environment and, to cope with the environment, develops a
conceptual framework to explain the interaction.” Some early theorists such as Dede(2009),
echo these earlier prepositions even as, “Technologies evolve, giving rise to the set of constructs
upon which the ICT capability is based.” (Research on Humanities and social sciences
Kuliks(1994) said that meta-analysis study revealed that, on average, students who used
ICT-based instruction scored higher than students without computers. The students also
learned more in less time and liked their classes more when ICT-based instruction was included.
“The first web-based teaching presents information in a non-linear style, permits student to
explore new information via browsing and cross-referencing activities. Second, web-based
teaching helps active learning processes emphasized by constructivist theory. Third, web-based
education has enhanced understanding through improved virtualization and finally, the
convenience, it could be used any time, at any place.” Li et al.(2003) They showed that while
the bivariate correlation between the availability of ICT and student’s performance is strongly
and insignificantly positive the correlation becomes small and insignificant when other student
environment characteristics are taken into consideration. (Fuchs and Woessman (2004) used
International data from the Programme For International Student Assessment (PISA).) (RUSC
In United States Attwell and Battle(1999) examined the relationship between having a
home computer and school performance, for a sample of approximately 64,300 students. Their
findings suggest that students who have access to a computer at home for educational
Many studies were conducted in the past to evaluate the effectiveness of computers in
the learning environment. The earliest took place in the 1960s and 1970s when researchers
Education Journal, 2005, 6(5), 635-650). Leven at el (2004) stated that there is no evidence for a
relationship between increased educational use of ICT and student’s performance. In fact, they
find a consistently negative and marginally significant relationship between ICT use and some
student achievement measures. In support to these, some students may use ICT to increase
ICT has the potential to transform the nature of education: where and how learning takes place
and the roles of students and teachers in the learning process. (Journal of Science and
3.2; Population:
The population would be teachers of primary schools in Shahfaisal Town.
3.3; Sampling:
50 teachers are selected randomly from secondary schools of Shahfaisal Town.