TRANSFORMATIONS IN EDUCATION: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) ADOPTION BY INDIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS (2000-2024)

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Secondary education in India is in a new shape due to the emergence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The modern teaching-learning process has been completely changed after the COVID-19 pandemic. This review explores multiple research papers based on ICT or digital teaching patterns in secondary education. The researcher has gone through more than 200 research papers or review papers. Out of 200 research papers, more than 150 research papers are from Indian writers and the others are from foreign writers. After screening all the papers, the researcher selected 46 papers for analysis. Researcher try to understand, what previous writers have found in their research work. After examining all the research papers, the researcher found that the digital divide exists in the Indian secondary school system. Moreover, the paper explores the barriers that secondary school teachers in India face when integrating ICT into their teaching. The paper also shows a gap between urban and rural infrastructure in terms of ICT. Urban infrastructure is more advanced compared to rural. It also examines how ICT integration in Indian secondary education has been shaped and needs to further support and innovation in order to fully realize the potential of ICT. Nowadays, secondary education has gradually become technology-oriented. Teaching at the secondary level, teachers must be upgraded with technology. Technology has become part and parcel of the modern education system.