A STUDY ON AWARENESS OF ICT AMONG PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS IN TRICHY DISTRICT

The study was conducted to find out the level of awareness in ICT among prospective teachers with respect to gender, locality, medium of instruction and type of management. Survey method of research has been used in the present study. The Researcher was adapted Awareness towards ICT Scale developed and standardized by suguna (2017). The researcher randomly selected 294 prospective teachers in and around Trichy district of Tamilnadu. The study results reveal that the most of the prospective teachers have moderate level of awareness towards ICT. It was found that, (i) there is significant difference between male and female of prospective teachers in their ICT Awareness. (ii) There is significant difference between Tamil and English medium of prospective teachers in their ICT Awareness. (iii) There is significant difference between rural and urban area prospective teachers in their ICT Awareness.