Teacher’s Perceptions about the Usefulness of IT Labs Project in Schools of Punjab, Pakistan
Teacher’s Perceptions about the Usefulness of IT Labs Project in Schools of Punjab, Pakistan

Summary/Abstract: ICTs can provide relevant and high quality knowledge and this knowledge helps students in field work. A strong ICT framework in education is an essential for knowledge- based development. The Punjab IT Labs was the first project of its type launched by the provincial government of Punjab. 4286 computer labs were established in public secondary schools of province Punjab in 2009 under this Project. The objective was to investigate the views of teacher about the usefulness of Punjab IT Labs Project. The population of the study was included all teachers of Govt. Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools equipped with IT labs in Punjab. Six (6) districts were selected randomly among all 36 districts for study. Data was collected by developing survey questionnaire. The questionnaire was consists of questions designed to collect data concerning perceptions of teacher about the usefulness of Punjab IT Lab Project. A five points Likert scale questionnaire was adopted for measuring teachers’ perceptions about the usefulness of Punjab IT Lab Project. SPSS 19 was used to analyze the data. Most of the teachers do not use IT Lab due to lack of time and lack of knowledge about computer. The study recommended that the teachers should be provided training about computers. There is also need to provide technical support and maintenance fund to get better results of this mega project.

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