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The research aims to explore how gender, locality, and school type influence secondary school teachers' attitudes towards ICT.

February 28, 2026Open Access

A Study of Attitude towards ICT among Secondary School Teachers in relation to gender, locality and school type in Bihar

Key Points

The research aims to explore how gender, locality, and school type influence secondary school teachers' attitudes towards ICT.
Descriptive survey method employed with a sample of 300 secondary school teachers.
Stratified random sampling technique used to select 150 males and 150 females.
Selection of 30 secondary schools from both rural and urban areas in Patna district.
Analysis involved the use of mean, standard deviation, and t-tests to compare attitudes.
Secondary school teachers demonstrated a generally favorable attitude towards ICT.
A significant gender difference exists in attitudes towards ICT among teachers.
No significant difference found in attitudes based on rural vs. urban locality.
No significant difference in attitudes between private and government school teachers.

Abstract

The present study examined the Attitude towards ICT among Secondary School Teachers in School of Bihar with Patna Districts. The present study related to the Attitude towards ICT among Secondary School Teacher in relation to their gender, locality and type of school. Descriptive survey method was used by the investigator. A sample of 300 secondary school teachers working in government and private schools of district Patna was selected through stratified random sampling. Random sampling technique was used in the selection of the sample consisting of 150 males and 150 females. 30 Secondary School from 15 rural and 15 from urban area were selected from that a district of Patna of that of five blocks are randomly selected. Then there are 300 secondary school teachers. 10 from each school (5 male and 5female) were selected at random. The researchers used a scale developed by myself attitude towards ICT for teachers. The data collected were analysed using the mean, SD & t test were used to compare the attitude towards ICT of female, male rural, urban, government and private secondary school teachers. It was found that Secondary School teacher have a favourable attitude towards ICT in school. Similarly, a significant gender difference was observed in their attitude towards ICT. The results indicated that (1) There is significant difference in the attitude of male and female Secondary School Teachers towards ICT. (2) There is no significant difference in the Attitudes of Rural and Urban Secondary School Teachers towards ICT. (3) There is no significant different in the Attitude of Private and Government.

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