Information and Communication Technology, ICT, has made significant gains in the recent years. Many businesses and organizations have employed the use of technology to pursue their goals. The results have always been positive, leading to massive financial gains for the various firms. Whereas Institutions of higher learning have embraced technology the reverse is true for institutions in the middle, and lower levels. These institutions still rely on old, outdated systems, to run their activities; hence, they lose a lot in terms of time, money, and access to knowledge. This blog addresses some of the reasons why academic institutions should hasten their efforts to ensure that they catch up with other institutions.
Reasons Why Middle and Low Level Institutions Should Embrace ICT
1. It provides an alternative teaching tool
2. It enables students to access information from wherever they are; hence making it easier to study than under normal circumstances.
3. It eliminates the need for physical books and stationary. This makes education cheaper, and also conserves the surroundings by dipping the number of trees cut for purposes of paper production.
4. ICT eliminates the need for classrooms, thus making it possible for students to attend lessons simultaneously from any location in the world.
5. ICT brings on board a variety of resources such as academic databases and the internet that provide vast information on different subjects. This will provide students with a lot of information, thus make it possible for them to make well-versed decisions.
If they implement ICT in their systems, then the institutions will be able to grow like other organizations and businesses. The result is that the standards of education will improve.
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References
For Bloggers (2012). Earn extra AdSense revenue and build links to your blog. Blogspot.com.
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Hill, B. (2006). Blogging for dummies (For dummies (Computers)). Hoboken, NJ: For Dummies.
Google (2012). About AdSense for your blog. Google. Retrieved from http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42534
