THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY(ICT) IN IMPROVING STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN VARIOUS DOMAINS

Today, the influence of information and communication technology(ICT) in education has empowered teachers and learners by transforming teaching process from teacher-centric to student-centric. This transformation has created a wide impact in the learning process which allows opportunities for learners to improve their creativeness, analytical skills and also their communication skills. From the ancient Gurukul system till the adoption o f ICT in education, the pedagogy of learning process has changed significantly over the years. Memorizing techniques in traditional approach was replaced later by interactive methods like problem- based learning, team-based learning, group discussion, flip classroom in the recent times. Even the teachers are benefitted by ICT in evaluating students performance using modern tools like MOODLE and Google classrooms. This paper recommends the use of ICT enabled teaching along with the traditional learning process and elaborates how ICT influences the learners in improving their academic performance in various domains