AN ATTITUDE OF TEACHER TRAINEES TOWARDS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Information and Communication Technologies play a key role in the modern system of
education. ICT is the result of man’s zeal for achieving utmost sophistication in all fields of his
activities. ICT which have such a wide variety of applications are indeed ruling the society. According
to UNESCO (2002) Information and Communication technology may be regarded as the combination
of Informatics technology with other related technology, specifically communication technology. The
various kinds of ICT products available and having relevance to education, such as teleconferencing,
email, audio conferencing, television lessons, radio broadcasts interactive radio counseling interactive
voice response system, audiocassettes and CDROMs etc. have been used in education for different
purposes. According to United Nations report (1999) ICTs cover Internet service provision,
telecommunications equipment and services, media and broadcasting, libraries and documentation
centers, commercial information providers, network based information services and other related
information and communication activities.