In today’s push-button world, the expression “the world is getting smaller everyday” could not be truer. Technology has shrunk distances and differences, and even brought down many a cultural barrier. Lift your handset and dial, and you are connected to the other side of the world. Change the channel on your TV, and alien nations and notions come to life in your living room.
Log on, and a whole new world of weird and wonderful communications is only a mouse click away. It is not only our high-tech appliances that are becoming more compact and pocket-sized. It is the very planet on which we live. This and many more is the sole gift of Information and Communication Technology. Information and communication Technology (ICT) is a branch of engineering which derives its origin partly from Electronics, Information Technology, Computer Science Engineering and also has advanced new features. The ICT curriculum provides students with a broad perspective on the nature of technology, how to use and apply a variety of technologies, and the impact of ICT on themselves and on society.
The ICT curriculum is not intended to stand alone, but rather to be infused within core courses and programs. In the coming years ICT is destined to play a major role in the global economy. It would be a decisive factor for accelerating development in rural and marginal areas. Information and Communication Technology may develop not just in rich urban societies but in all societies, in all countries, and in all sectors of these societies and countries and thus help in bridging the gap between the developed and the developing countries and will put technology at the service of human development. In a message to the third Asia Pacific Initiatives on Information Society Meeting, UN General Secretary Mr.
The Essay on Role of Information and Communication Technology in Banking in Nepal
The use of information and communication technology has taken wider scope in the banking sectors than previous years because of the reach of the people to the ICT infrastructure and easy availability of its products. The use of ICT has been for long time in the western countries such as USA, UK, Australia and many more. However, the easy access to internet and other smart ICT product has made ...
Kofi Annan said that “Developed countries and UN agencies should strive to ensure that the benefits of ICT applications reach the rural masses in the countryside for improving their standard of living.” All the countries, especially the developing countries, should strive hard to revolutionize themselves in ICT or else they will not be able to avoid the fast creeping in ‘Digital Divide’. An eez Backer.
