Importance and challenges of ICT

 Importance of Information and Communication Technology(ICT)

It creates an analytical mind of students that help them study and proffer solutions to problems emanating from all related fields that employ it as a learning tool.

Being an emerging academic field of study, it helps students to be innovative and develop new ways of solving problems scientifically.

It makes information storage and retrieval easy.

It enhances computer networking globally known today as internet and intranet.

It accelerates economic development nationally as it is a virile source of national income for all nations that have fully embraced its usefulness.

It creates gainful employment, hence a viable source of livelihood.

It makes comprehension of other subjects easy. Virtually all fields of learning are amenable to ICT such as the application of projector for teaching in the classroom.

It creates an avenue for the exchange of ideas and inventions among information technology scholars locally and internationally.

It is the basis for e-learning and online library.Hence information dissemination is easier than ever.

It is pivotal to globalization in all its ramification and the realization of the Millennium development goals as agreed by the United Nations in the year 2000.

It is used at various offices for proper documentation of official activities and administration.

 Challenges of Information and Communication Technology 

 Information and Communication Technology is confronted by a number of challenges which is characteristic of an emerging field. The following are some of the challenges:

Expensive ICT materials: The requisite materials for practical knowledge of ICT especially at the advanced level are costly e.g Computer, projector, Internet machine e.t.c.

Highly technical and practical driven: It is technically driven. It requires a great deal of logic and analytical reasoning for in-depth understanding and application.

Poor orientation about the concept: The first challenge in embracing ICT as a field of study for students who have no prior orientation from their foundation education is that of speedy assimilation.

Underdevelopment: ICT is a global concept and in order vape shop have an up-to-date knowledge on the subject there must necessarily be technological development nationally at least well established global information link on the subject. Many nations are yet to attain this.

Universal acceptability as a compulsory field of study: The subject is yet to be fully embraced by all institutions of learning from the cradle globally. Although it is now compulsory at the high school level in some countries. Unless there are solid foundation and love for the subject, compliance for all may still take a time to attain in line with the global millennial goals.

Hijack by unscrupulous persons: ICT is being used by some persons for evil purposes such as cybercrime and malicious programs that can cause severe damage to computers and similar gadgets.