An Investigation of Utilization and Accessibility of Information and Communication Technology among Higher Secondary School Teachers and Students

Abstract

This paper primarily aims to investigate information and communication technology accessibility among teachers and students in higher secondary schools in Gilgit Baltistan GB. The study included 200 students and 100 teachers from various government, private, and non-governmental schools in Gilgit Baltistan. The LIKERT scale was used to design a questionnaire and was distributed to teachers and students the data was statistically analyzed, revealing the average percentage of both teacher and student has been accessibility level 53.47%, 42.61%, and non-accessibility level 46.53%, 57.34%. The analysis shows that the teacher's accessibility level has been moderate, while students have had a low one. Further, teachers educationally lack advanced level skills, and students have no such barrier to using educational tools. Based on these findings, it was recommended that institutions and authorities should provide advance level skill training to teachers and educational tools to both students and teachers to ensure ICT integration in the teaching and learning process.