A study on role of ICT as a catalyst in the growth of Higher Education in India

Abstract

Educational institutions across the world are passing through a transformation period. To meet out the social and commercial expectation of stakeholder’s government took several initiatives to strengthen and fulfill the demand of technology based, futuristic and carrier-oriented education and have invested many dollars to adopt ICT within the education system during the last 20 years. Information and communication technology (ICT) has become a crucial source of innovation and improvement of efficiency for several sectors across the world. In the education sector, particularly, the appliance of ICT has become a critical a part of the training process for university students both outside and inside the classroom setting. This paper addresses the role and benefits of ICTs in various aspects of higher education in the present scenario ad defining the role of ICT as a catalyst in the growth of higher education. Further this paper critically analyzes some previous researches related to ICT in the Indian Education System. This paper has also discussed the initiatives taken by the government to implement ICT in higher education and providing them quality education. We further came up with recommendations to address the different issues of ICT.