A Study on Use of ICT in Enhancing the Quality Education in Technical and Vocational Training With Reference to Uttar Pradesh

The aim of this study is to investigate which scenarios are emerging with respect to the use of ICT in higher education and how future developments can be predicted and strategic choices can be based on that. ICT is a generic term referring to technologies which are being used for collecting, storing, editing and passing on information in various forms. A personal computer is the best known example of the use of ICT in education, but the term multimedia is also frequently used. Multimedia can be interpreted as a combination of data carriers, for example video, CD-ROM, floppy disc and Internet and software in which the possibility for an interactive approach is offered. This paper will discuss the questions concerning ICT and education. Several methods of data collection were used for this component of the project. The main research question concerned the future learning environment and the teacher's prospective role. To know more about this future, several scenarios on future developments in education have been studied. Because many scenarios have already been completed, we did not perform our own study, but used the available literature. Published studies were scanned especially for the role and impact of ICT. We gathered additional information on the role of the teacher by visiting schools where ICT is already being used ‘extensively'. Information on organizational level was gathered and interviews were conducted with teachers. These interviews were aimed at the teacher's tasks, roles and required competences to fulfill these tasks and roles properly. In addition, literature on job profiles of teachers and implementation literature was studied. Keywords: ICT, Computer, Organization, Future development