• Dr.Diana Zorinsangi
• Prof.Lallianzuali Fanai

Today, ICT applications are becoming indispensable parts of contemporary culture, spreading across the globe through traditional and vocational education. Usage of ICT is one of the way by which India‘s large population base can be effectively reached. In Indian scenario, ICT can be utilized for better teaching learning process and improving quality of education. Realising this, the Government of India has announced 2010-2020 as decade of innovation as such programme like National Programme of Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) and Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) which create quality digital content for different levels of Education has been introduced. Given this fact, the present study attempts to find out the usage of ICT among 200 male secondary school teachers of B.Ed Alumni IGNOU, IASE in relation to their locality. The study reveals that the male teachers from urban areas are more personally equipped with using ICT in education than their rural counterparts in terms of hardware as well as skills. However, it is also evident from the study that a high percentage of the teachers from both rural and urban areas not use ICT in the class-room due to various factors like absence or limited supply of facilities in the school, absence of internet connection, lack of skills, lack of proper training etc. It is surprising to find that in the present digital world where education needs ICT for effective teaching-learning, still, there are some male secondary school teachers in both rural and urban areas who are not bothered about the use of ICT. The study also clearly depicts that even though every teacher owns a mobile phone and use it for different personal purposes like making voice calls, video calls, social networking, looking up the weather, news, online shopping, for travelling service, for educational purposes etc., some find it very difficult and problematic to use ICT in the class-room even if the equipments are available and also just within their reach. This shows that as much as the use of ICT is needed for every teacher for successful teaching learning, many of the teachers are still not aware of the importance and usage of ICT and thus, paid no heed to it.

Key words- Usage, Information and Communication Technology, Male Secondary School Teachers, B.Ed. Alumni of IGNOU

"A Study of ICT Usage among Male Secondary School Teachers of B.Ed Alumni IGNOU, Institute of Advanced Studies in Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no.f137-f147, October-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110521.pdf

"A Study of ICT Usage among Male Secondary School Teachers of B.Ed Alumni IGNOU, Institute of Advanced Studies in Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no. ppf137-f147, October-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110521.pdf