• Jakir Hossen Mandal

Information and CommunicationTechnology (ICT) is major factor in shaping new global economy and producing rapid changes in the society. Today Information and Communication Technology has taken an important role in our present “Knowledge society”. ICT is a scientific, technological and emerging discipline and management technique used in handling information, its application and association with social, economic and cultural matters (UNESCO, 2002).ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology. It has become a necessary part in today’s Indian school curriculum as well as teacher education programme. It is now broadly used in teacher education throughout the world. Every people related to education like teacher, student, administrators are popularly used ICT. Teachers play a vital role in helping pupil to develop their talents and fulfil their personal growth and well- being. So development of skills and competencies of teacher requires knowledge of ICT. Inclusion of ICT asan essential component of teacher education programme is necessary. Because the success of a student depends on the quality of good teacher. The knowledge of ICT is also required for pre- service teachers during their training programme, where it helps them for making practice teaching easy and interesting. Now-a-days teacher must know the use of ICT so that they can help the learners for learning more effectively. So, the knowledge and application of ICT is very much needed for teacher education programme. This will help the teachers to perform his role in classroom teaching effectively. Application of ICTisvery much helpful in teaching learning situation so that the students can move from pedagogues to skill full techno pedagogues. This paper discussed about the role of ICT in teacher education programme to increase their effectiveness in the present century.

Teacher Education, ICT, In-Service Teacher Education, Pre-ServiceTeacher Education.

"Role of ICT in Teacher Education Programme", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.173-179, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808320.pdf

"Role of ICT in Teacher Education Programme", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp173-179, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808320.pdf