Abstract
The present study was conducted to examine ICT related facilities and resources
availability at Pakistani universities. In addition, this research investigated the
competence level of prospective teachers in the use of Information and
Communication Technology (ICTs) for different purposes. A questionnaire probing
ICTs related facilities and competence level of prospective teachers was used for
the collection of data. Data were collected from 480 randomly selected prospective
teachers of 12 public sector universities selected from Punjab, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, and Federal area of Pakistan. Main findings of the study show that
personal computers, interactive whiteboards, and laptops were available to the
majority of the respondents at their institutions. On the other hand the majority of
the prospective teachers reported that they were lacking in facilities like online
labs, virtual libraries, virtual classrooms, and satellites cable. The majority of the
prospective teachers were able to use computer, laptop and interactive
whiteboard. The majority of the respondents were competent in using Microsoft
Word documents. They were able to save a document to a location on a drive,
could switch between open documents and create back-ups of important files. The
majority of respondents were not competent enough to use online library, virtual
library, virtual classroom, satellites cable, virtual resource centre, scanner, bulletin
board, and printer. This study has future implication in teachers education for the
provision of basic ICTs related resources so that prospective teachers may be
equipped with essential skills for using ICTs in educational setting.
