Attitude towards Learning Computer Technology and the Usage of Web among the Higher Secondary School Students

Abstract

Education plays the greatest part in democracy. It is the subsystem in the social system that plays a key role in molding, shaping, reforming and reconstructing society from time to time. Now India’s commitment is to provide “free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of 14” and achieve Universalization of Elementary education (UEE) and the Millennium Developmental Goals (MDG) with substantial improvement in the quality. At this critical juncture the impact of computer technology has revolutionized the world in all aspects of life. Hence it is expected to improve the quality of learning as well as learners of rural area students by facilitating them with necessary technology usage, its knowledge and applications. Quantitative method is used in this study. There are four objectives.  The first objective is to find out the significant difference in attitude towards web learning among higher secondary school students with respect to medium of instruction. The second objective is to find out the significant difference in attitude towards web learning among higher secondary school students with respect to father’s educational qualification. Third objective is to find out the significant difference in attitude towards web learning among higher secondary school students with respect to mother’s educational qualification. The fourth objective is to find out the significant difference in attitude towards web learning among higher secondary school students with respect to monthly income of family. The benefactors are students, teachers, administrators and the school principals.