Computer Education Programme in the Schools of Bilaspur District: A Status Study

• Dr. Sk. Ibrahim

  Assistant Professor, Uluberia College, Howrah, W.B.

• Dr. Niranjan Maity (WBES)

  Assistant Professor in Psyhology (Methodology Course), Govt. College of Education, Banipur, W.B.

The present study was aimed to investigation the effect of computer education pogramme in the schools of Bilaspur district. In this study the research in hand was a descriptive type of research under which, the researcher has adopted the survey method to study current status of computer education programme in the government schools of Bilaspur. In general, the descriptive type of research answers the question “what is?. In the present study, the current status of computer education programme was analyzed in two ways – 1) in terms of infrastructural facilities and 2) in terms of students’ achievement. Sample of the study only government schools in Bilha block of Bilaspur district and the students studying in class XI of these schools constitute the population of the present study. Data were collected by administrating students through an Interview Schedule (developed by the researcher) and Computer Achievement Test (developed by the researcher. Findings of the study there is no significant difference between the trained students and untrained students of achievement in computer education.

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