Perception of Teachers and Students about the Utilization Pattern of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

ICT is defined as a global network in which information and knowledge is shared, by using ICT tools like cell phones, and technology like computers, to connect the people. The progress in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has led to changes that are affecting all aspects of our societies and becoming important in our daily lives. Education is the sector that has benefited most from the advancements of ICTs. The respondents were asked, what are their perception levels about the utilization of ICT resources for study and research output? The responses offered by the respondents were analyzed on the basis of number and percent of respondents who reported for the respective response. ICT tools are very helpful for study and research followed by ICT tools are need of the present time (27.00%). Like the teachers most of the students also responded that ICT tools are very helpful for study and research with 28 per cent followed ICT tools are need of the present time with 19 per cent. Hence, the respondents were positively inclined towards ICT and considered it an important part of quality teaching -learning environment and enhancement of effective communication.


INTRODUCTION
The beginning of the twenty-first century has seen a number of technological developments which affect every aspect of our lives. The ever-growing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be seen in all realms of life, from the workplace to the sports field, in schools and on a personal or social level. ICT is defined as a global network in which information and knowledge is shared, by using ICT tools like cell phones, and technology like computers, to connect the people.
The progress in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has led to changes that are affecting all aspects of our societies and becoming important in our daily lives. Education is the sector that has benefited most from the advancements of ICTs. The study was carried out with the following objective:  To know the perception of the teachers and students about the utilization pattern of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Rajput et al. (2010) revealed that majority of the students have positive perception about ICTs and very few showed negative perception. As perception are shaped on the basis of our past experience there for positive perception showed that in spite of limited ICTs facilities students still feel satisfied to a certain extent with present situation may be because of their positive mind set and cognitive style. Positive perception indicated that students we selfmotivated to use ICTs even when ICT infrastructure of university was not so well.

REVIEW OF LITRATURE
Lusk (2010) found that on one hand, the positive aspect of online communities is that youths can utilize them for academic help and support and on the other hand electronic media use is negatively linked with grades. He also observed that about two-thirds of the students recorded using electronic media while in class, studying, or doing homework. Moussa and Khan (2012) said that majority of the agricultural research scholars had favorable attitude towards internet. There was a non significant agreement between the male and female research scholars with regard to their perception level towards internet. The attitude of the agriculture research scholars was positive towards the statement like "Knowledge of internet is essential for agricultural research scholars", "Internet is important like other research tools" and "Internet is important like other research tools". There was a considerable correlation between male and female agricultural research scholars with regard to their attitude towards different statements about internet.
Hassan & Sajid (2013) observed that students were positively inclined towards ICT and considered it an important part of quality teaching and learning environment. Raksha et al. (2014) concluded that 40.00 per cent of extension personnel had favourable attitude towards ICTs in agricultural extension, followed by those with highly favourable (28.89%), neutral (20.00%) and unfavourable (11.11%) attitude towards ICTs in agricultural extension.
Kabir (2015) concluded that 58.9 per cent of the respondents had moderately favourable attitude, 41.1 per cent had highly favourable attitude and there were no respondents in the study area those had slightly favourable attitude towards ICTs. Instruments for data collection Keeping in view the objectives and the variables under study, questionnaire was prepared for both students and teachers separately and pre-tested on a non-sampled respondents to find any ambiguity in the questions.

MATERIALS AND METHODS Selection of the population
After pre-testing some modifications were made in the questionnaire by consulting experts and finalized questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire contains both close and open ended types of questions.
The respondents were asked what are their perception levels about the utilization of ICT resources for study and research output. The responses offered were summarized on the basis of number and percent of respondents who reported for the respective response.
The level of the improvement in the study and research output by utilization of the available ICT facilities in the university Level of improvement Score Improved greatly 3 Improved slightly 2 Remained the same 1

Very supportive 4
Adequate support 3 Some support 2 Minimal support 1

FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
The data in Table-  The results from Table-2 show the level of the improvement in the study and research output by utilization of the available ICT facilities in the university. Majority of the teachers (93.00%) responded that their research output had greatly improved by using the available ICT facilities in the University. Only 7 per cent teachers attested to have a slight improvement in the usage of ICT facilities for research output. Not a single teacher said that the level of improvement remained the same in their research work by utilization of the available ICT facilities in the university. Where as in case of students maximum number of them (66.00%) reported that their study and research output had greatly improved by using the available ICT facilities in the University followed by remained the same (20.00%) and improved slightly (14.00%).     CONCLUSION Thus it concluded that majority of the respondents reported that ICT as a tool to enhance the instruction in clarifying the concepts and challenges. Majority of the respondents were aware of the ICT tools and had positive perception and favorable attitude towards utilization of ICT tools for study and research output. Hence, the respondents were