Students selecting IT subject

In the school there are compulsory and basket subjects. And basket subjects can be again categorized as 1, 2 and 3. In the third section IT subject is placing with health, cookery, agriculture. As most of the students don’t have knowledge about the computer they are not choosing that by thinking this subject will be harder than other subjects. But the hard working, thinking students consider that IT is needed for us in future and we should start learning it. But today there are a few people who think similar to this and do the work. And also students see whether is there tuition classes for us to attend after school if not they skip the IT.  While comparing the urban areas with rural areas, in rural areas the Nanasala and some other places have the ability to distribute the fundamental knowledge about IT. But it’s not enough to the students and they do not learn the Information Technology.  

However the city students are in touch with the Information Technology in the life every time. They choose the Information Technology and learn it easily and interestingly and at present they work as ICT Manager, Software Engineer etc. But now the Sri Lankan government has decided to deal out with the process by sending urban area people who are interested in IT to rural areas and to teach the village students by improving the valuable knowledge in the field of Information Technology.

E-Swabavamani, ICT4D, E-Sri Lanka are some of the program conducted by the ICTA with the sponsor of Government which dedicate both rural and urban area people to improve the IT talents by conducting seminars, competitions. And also the winners are sending to the international level as well. Some companies offer scholarships to the students to learn the ICT. Any way in future the students can’t live without knowledge of ICT so that now only start learning it by making Information Technology as the favorite and easy subject.

While considering to the author’s ideas about IT it’s like this…..

Author was fully interested to learn Information Technology from the early days. I started using the computers in the small time and up to now I have a deep knowledge in ICT. When the paper to select the basket subjects was given I didn’t read the other subjects in the 3^rd section I just selected ICT and gave it. Initially only I was there with my two friends. But at the end after explaining the importance there were twenty students. I did ICT for G.C.E.O/L by making it as the favorite easy subject. After that as I am interested in ICT, I selected the BIT degree in APIIT and did the foundation course easily without getting the content serious. I next still am doing the first year subjects easily with the help of colleagues easily and happily. My last opinion is to be a fruitful person who can offer the job conveniently to the country.

Opportunities of Information Technology

• Enhance interaction with peers over long distance
• Provides more realistic information on life
• Helps access information on jobs
• Helps research and information sharing
• Breaks distance and literacy barriers in communication