CHALLENGES ON IMPLEMENTING COMPUTER EDUCATION FOR RURAL SCHOOLS-A CASE STUDY OF BANKA DISTRICT BIHAR

There is now widespread recognition that rural development in the 21st century will be closely tied to the effective use of new and emerging information technologies. Within the educational context, these new technologies can also offer unique solutions to persistent problems in declining enrollments, limited course offerings, limited Advanced Placement opportunities, and data collection. Many developing countries continue to face the challenge of how to increase the computer education in rural and remote areas. There is poor information accessibility among developing nations, a phenomenon creating the so called information gap. Various alternatives have been thought as solutions to minimize the information gap. There is a strong positive relationship between computer education, information flow, meeting information needs and socio-economic development. The computer Education improving information flow and accessibility, satisfying information needs, reducing students drop out ratio, promoting Students drop in into school and bringing about socio-economic development in most marginalized communities. Despite the fact that computer education is potential services that can improve information accessibility in Banka District of Bihar. There are also limited studies aimed at finding out the challenges facing into the computer education for rural area and how to overcome the challenges. The basic aim of this research is to identify the main issues and challenges facing in to the Computer Education in Banka District of Bihar and how they come out from these challenges.