AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) RESOURCES IN UNIVERSITIES OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

Abstract

Information and communication technology resources play a very significant role in producing highly professional staff for various organizations of a country. The usage of ICT resources is very necessary for effective teaching-learning process. The use of ICT is crucial both for students and teachers. The purpose of the study was to explore the availability of Information and Communication Technology resources in universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The population of the study consisted of all public sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The researcher selected three public sector universities using convenient sampling technique. Six teaching departments with ratio of three social sciences and three natural sciences departments were selected through simple random sampling technique. Observational checklist was used for data collection. The researcher personally administered the checklist. Percentage was used for data analysis. Both the natural and social sciences departments are not equipped with the ICT resources. This is concluded that universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are lacking with Information and Communication resources. Therefore, it is recommended that ICT resources may be provided to higher education institutions to bring the students capable and compete with modern world of science and technology.