A study on ICTs skill of faculty members of state agricultural universities in Uttar Pradesh

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are technologies offering new ways for communicating and exchanging information and knowledge. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is seen as an important means of achieving such a transformation. Many countries now regard understanding ICT and mastering the basic skills and concepts of ICT as part of the core of education, alongside reading, writing, and numeracy. The explosion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the last two decades has impacted the life of many people and the nature of jobs in all fields. Education as the main vehicle for human capital development needs to heed to the constant changes in the world of work. In line with the rapid development and usage of ICT in the workplace, it is important that the current generation of students need to well-prepared with ICT knowledge and skills for them to face the tasks in the world-of-work in the future. Information and communication technology (ICT) is becoming the lead artery in our international system which transfers information and knowledge in various fields of professional development for the technical and vocational education system. In line with the fast pace of ICTs development; all the technical and vocational education and training TVET cadres (schools managers, teachers, students even the classrooms), should be prepared to meet the new culture of teaching and learning based on 21st century skill’s requirements for educational technologies.