INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN WEST BENGAL: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be utilize for the all types of education sector. Objective: To study the attitude of higher secondary students towards the use of ICT with respect to streams (science and social science) and gender (boys and girls). Methodology: A quantitative analysis has been undertaken to assess students' attitude towards ICT. 200 higher secondary students were selected as a sample through using stratified random sampling techniques in South 24 Parganas Districts of West Bengal. Computer Attitude Scale (CAS) developed by Khatoon and Sharma, 2011 was used as a tool. Results: Higher secondary students of science and social science streams has positive attitude towards the ICT also boys students showed favourable attitude towards ICT. Conclusion: Therefore it should pay attention to the ICT implementation in educational system for imparting easily accessible, affordable and quality of higher secondary education.