This paper describes briefly the Purpose & Aims of ICT in Education, in which not only the concept of ICT has been discussed but also its influence on education has explained.

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Purpose & Aims of ICT in Education
Written by
Ghulam Ghaus
M.Ed. 2015-17
Department

2. Educational Studies
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

3. Declaration
All the content in this paper is taken from different
sources. I just taken all information and arranged them in such
a way that will be useful for the reader to understand Purpose
& Aims of ICT in Education.
Ghulam Ghaus

4. Purpose & Aims of ICT in Education
The word ICT is the abbreviation of;
I: Information
C: Communication
T: Technology
So its aims are;
 To make the process of communication easy & interesting with the
help of technologies
 To give new dimension to communication
 Accessibility of information etc.
And to describe a different technologies for:
 gathering,
 storing,
 retrieving,
 processing,
 analysing and transmitting information.
The aims of ICT in Education can be classified under four headings:
a. utilitarian aims
b. social aims,
c. cultural aims,
d. Personal aims.
Utilitarian Aims
The utilitarian aims of ICT in education are as follow;

5. i. to help the learners become competent and confident users of ICT
who can make efficient, effective and creative use of basic application
software in their everyday activities; and,
ii. to encourage the learners to become critical and reflective users of ICT
who can evaluate the capabilities and limitations of the technology
and of social, technical, political, ethical, organizational and economic
principles associated with its use; and,
iii. to prepare the learners for the society of tomorrow by making them
adaptable users of ICT who have the necessary openness and flexibility
of mind to be able to adjust to future changes in the technology.
Social Aims
The social aims of ICT in education are as in below;
i. to encourage the learners to develop the appropriate social skills that
are essential for co-operative and collaborative learning based around
ICT; and,
ii. to empower ICT disadvantaged learners by ensuring sufficient access
for those learners who have little out-of-school opportunities to use
the technology; and,
iii. to facilitate better communication between the learners thereby
promoting greater social understanding and harmony; and,
iv. to ensure equity between all learners by providing appropriate
qualitative and quantitative opportunities to overcome social and
learning disadvantages.
Cultural Aims
The cultural aims of ICT in education are in the following lines.
i. to help the learners appreciate the richness of our cultural heritage by
facilitating access to all aspects of our unique culture; and,

6. ii. to help the learners become cultured citizens of the modern world by
facilitating the discovery and appreciation of the cultural heritage of
various countries around the world.
Personal Aims
The personal aims of ICT in education are as described in these lines.
i. to encourage the learners to develop the appropriate personal skills
that are essential for independent learning based around ICT; and,
ii. to assist the learners to develop their potential to their fullest by
facilitating the acquisition of knowledge; by helping the learner
concentrate on higher order cognitive tasks rather than on lower order
routine tasks and by positively affecting the attitude of the learner
towards further learning; and,
iii. to help the learners with special needs integrate themselves within
school and society by increasing their independence and by
developing their abilities and interests.
Because of the above & many more purposes, use of ICT is increasing day
by day in educational institutions. It not only makes teaching-learning
process easy, interesting and reflective, but also it widens the horizon of
education and gives new dimension to it. It tries to present absolute
concept into concrete forms with the help of 3D. Thus every commission
and policy emphasized on the use of ICT in educational institutions.
Ghulam Ghaus
M.Ed. 2015-17
Department of Educational Studies
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi