Does ICT Influences Rural Government School Teachers Beliefs?-Exploring Teachers Opinion on Usage of ICT as Teaching and Learning Tool

The world is experiencing quick changes due to outburst of new technologies. These transformations are visible throughout biosphere together with rising countries like India, China, and Indonesia etc. These changes need to embraced by the developing countries in sequence to get better value in education and as well as to strengthen the classroom teaching and learning process. Objective: The main objective of the study is to identify educators’ viewpoint about advance technology introduction integration in Education Method: The present survey was conducted in Tirutanni taluk among primary, middle and higher secondary rural government school teachers in order to identify their beliefs on ICT. 200 Questionnaires was distributed and 152 teachers participated in the survey. 48 teachers did not participate in the survey. The response rate for the study was 76%. CFA was used to analyze the research model. The study contributes to the research and fills the research gap of limited studies done in this research area. Results: The findings reveal that teachers believe that ICT influences teaching and it can use as a teaching and learning tool. Conclusion: Usage of ICT by teachers leads to quality education.