Innovation in Education: Teachers and Students Perception of Implementing ICT in Learning in Higher Secondary Schools of Gilgit Baltistan

Abstract

This paper primarily intends to investigate the perception of ICT integration in teaching and learning in higher secondary schools of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB). A sample of 200 students and 100 teachers were randomly selected from various government, private, and NGO higher secondary schools in GB. A questionnaire was designed through the Likert scale, and distributed among teachers and students. A statistical analysis has been carried out. The average percentage of both teachers and students has been 40.29%, 37.27% strongly agreed, 42.5%, 38.07% agreed, 10.01%, and 13.8% not sure, 5.25%, 9.1% disagreed, and 2.26%, 6.2% strongly disagreed, respectively. The analysis shows that the willingness of teachers and students towards ICT integration has been considerably high in percentage.in contrast, the lowest percentage of teachers and students were not favored by ICT integration in teaching and learning. An attempt has also been made to find out the variances of teachers' subject-based and students in school types applying one-way ANOVA. The perceptions of teachers and students are important that determine the success behavior in higher secondary schools in Gilgit-Baltistan since its inception at the city level, now extending towards the remote areas. Targeted initiatives that tackle these perceptions can serve to greatly improve the learning experience and outcomes for education in the region.