Abstract:

Integration of ICT in Education especially in higher education is the demand of time at present as ICT is being used in many other sectors all over the world. Regarding this Government of Bangladesh is working for using ICT and implementing the Digital Bangladesh. This study was conducted to explore the use of ICT in Higher Education of Bangladesh both in academic and administrative sector. Data was collected by interviewing the teachers, questioning the staff, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with the students and by observing the classrooms of universities and colleges. Data revealed that, each and every institution was facing the infrastructural problems in using ICT such as lack of ICT equipment, lack of manpower, lack of training and so on. Students were more interested about ICT integration in Education than the teachers and staff. Recommendations have been made based on the findings emerged from the collected data and analysis that ICT facilities need to provide in classroom for teaching-learning activities and ICT based service system should be developed and practiced in administrative and academic purposes. It was concluded that teachers remain crucial importance for continuing the improvement of quality education. Given this importance, the study then focused on ICT training on multimedia classroom management and professional development of the teachers and staff.

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