TY - JFULL AU - Raju Kumar PY - 2008/5/ TI - Convergence of ICT and Education T2 - International Journal of Information and Communication Engineering SP - 299 EP - 303 VL - 2 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3700 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 16, 2008 N2 - Information and communication technology (ICT) has become, within a very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many countries now understanding the importance of ICT and mastering the basic skills and concepts of it as part of the core of education. Organizations, experts and practitioners in the education sector increasingly recognizing the importance of ICT in supporting educational improvement and reform. This paper addresses the convergence of ICT and education. When two technologies are converging to each other, together they will generate some great opportunities and challenges. This paper focuses on these issues. In introduction section, it explains the ICT, education, and ICT-enhanced education. In next section it describes need of ICT in education, relationship between ICT skills and education, and stages of teaching learning process. The next two sections describe opportunities and challenges in integrating ICT in education. Finally the concluding section summaries the idea and its usefulness. ER -