ICT for Education: The Real Scenario of Digitalization in the Context of Secondary Education in Barisal City

Abstract

In present world, the educational system and curricula are focusing technology for education. The purpose of this initiative is to ensure a vibrant and effective teaching- learning environment for a student to cope as a future global citizen. With the advent of the information and communication technology, the traditional teaching of ‘Chalk & Talk’ is redesigned and supplemented by teaching with teacher-led multimedia content which is upgrading the education system.  The dropout rate of the students at secondary level is comparatively more than any other level nowadays, so it is felt the necessity of finding the real picture after introducing ICT based education in secondary level. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches have been applied to collect data through both open and close-ended questionnaire survey. This study focuses on that how much digitalization enlightens the education sector and evaluates the performance by the data collected from respondents of the school.

Keywords: Digital Bangladesh, Secondary education, Information communication technology (ICT), Multi-Media-Class (MMC).