Challenges in the Implementation of Information and Communication Technology for Effective Education Dissemination Post Covid-19

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have played a critical role in disseminating education worldwide. The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) made every institution further realize the usefulness of ICT in the dissemination of education at every level. Besides primary, secondary, and higher education, research conferences are now also conducted in hybrid mode. ICT is now vigorously used in the educational sector. From educators to students to administrators, everyone is relying on ICT for the teaching-learning process. With new variants of the coronavirus emerging periodically, there is no option for the institutions but to adopt ICT continuously for the dissemination of education. This calls for ICT tool training and development for educators, which will enable them to implement ICT tools for the dissemination of education in a seamless manner. This is a descriptive study in an attempt to discover the challenges faced by institutions in ICT implementation. The present data from Statista.com shows that the internet penetration rate in India still hovers around fifty percent, with an expected six hundred and fifty million internet users by 2023, which is almost half of the present Indian population. The findings of the study suggest that educators are unwilling or partially willing to upgrade their knowledge about ICT tools. Another finding suggests that higher education institutions are unwilling to spend money on upgrading the digital infrastructure.