Development of ICT Awareness Programme for Teacher Trainees and Study its Effectiveness

The study focused on the ICT awareness of the teacher trainees and also development of awareness program with its effectiveness. The objectives of the study were To find out the awareness of latest technologies among teacher trainees ,To identify necessity of teacher trainees in various field of ICT, To develop an Orientation programme for teacher trainees depending on their need, To test  the effectiveness of Orientation Programme. Survey and Experimental methods were used for this research study. Single group pre - post design was used for the study. Firstly a survey of 200 teacher trainees was conducted to test the level of awareness and to check the needs about ICT. The sample was selected by random sampling method. As per the needs found in the survey the awareness program was developed and was implemented on the group of thirty, which was selected by purposive sampling method. The conclusions were as follows: It was found that teacher trainees have average level of overall awareness of ICT, Large percentage of teacher trainees needs to be guided about the latest in the technology, The awareness programme was helpful to enhance the level of ICT awareness of teacher trainees .