Every students struggles many obstacle in I.T. This inequity is significant because information is quickly becoming the central commodity of the emerging global economy. Information has become the defining characteristic, which determines whether a country is "either rich or poor, developed or underdeveloped.Information technology, which includes telephone lines, computer hardware, software and peripherals, costs money; requires a skilled workforce to create, operate, maintain and further develop it; and it needs a highly literate populace to make it economically viable.A great disparity exists between the developed world, which represents a small portion of world population, but is the largest producer and consumer of information and IT, and the developing world. In order to put the issues of informatization and IT diffusion in perspective consider the following facts:
Of the world's six billion people, 80% live in developing countries (16);
The vast majority (>80%) of people living in developing countries live in rural areas and have low literacy rates (20-30%), high poverty rates (67%), and little access to information in any form (17);
In the United Kingdom there is an average of 2.29 books per person. In Uganda there is one book per 3,000 (18);
There are over 6,000 living languages (19), 100 of which are designated 'official.' Papua New Guinea alone has over 715 indigenous languages (20);
10 developed nations comprise 20% of the world's population but have 75% of the world's phone lines (21);
95% of all computers are in the developed world (22), and;
Of the 300 million worldwide Internet users (23) 42% live in the United States and the majority of those users are college graduates with high incomes. Virtually all the rest are in North America, Western Europe and the Asia/Pacific region (24, 25).
Most of the obstacles faced by developing countries face in the building IT have been mentioned. I will summarize them here and expound on a few.
Funding - Most developing countries do not have the capital needed to purchase the equipment and acquire the training needed to establish and maintain basic IT.
Infrastructure - Electricity and telephone lines are needed for networks. Some countries are circumventing the telecommunications issue by going right to satellite Internet links that do not use ground-based phone lines. A large number of developing countries also lack stable and widespread power grids that can support IT in rural areas.
Sustainability - IT requires a skilled workforce that can maintain, modify, and ultimately create customized IT components that suit unique situations and needs. This issue is difficult to overcome when the funding a country receives for the establishment of IT is not followed up locally with funding to support the infrastructure long-term.
Literacy - This could possibly be the single most important and basic constraint poorer countries face in IT development. Literacy provides the foundation for an educated population that can utilize, create and manage information. It is also the foundation needed for a skilled workforce.
Lack of national information policy - Most developing countries lack any sort of information policy. Countries need an information policy not only to provide guidelines and standards regarding access, storage, censorship, and bibliographic control, but also merely to have control over the information on a broader level (30). A country needs to know what information it is producing and where it is. It is a matter of identifying and preserving cultural heritage and improving access within the country to its own existing information. A national library can serve as the focus for much of a country's information policy. It serves as a repository for the country's information. It can also provide leadership in the standardization of bibliographic record formats, information sharing, and professional development
How they overcome the obstacles:
students overcome obstacles and achieve selected college learning objectives in the areas of faith, intellectual skills, knowledge, and service. By that the
I.T stdents are have the following GENERAL PRINCIPLES: 1. Information technology should enhance rather than displace the emphasis on personal attention and character development in the present program.
2. Abundant, easily accessible information enriches the learning process, and responsible use of such information builds character.
3. The closer the information technology is to the student and to the faculty member and the more familiar they become with its uses, the more likely the technology will be used effectively.
4. Information technology brings a needed diversity of viewpoints beyond the local community, helping promote cognitive, emotional, and spiritual growth.
Thats the spirit of an IT students fighting every circumtances in their difficulty lives.
Obstacles of IT students and Overcome the problems
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