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It is hence essential that student teachers need to understand the nature of this phenomenon and its implications for education as well as for larger society, the shaping of which, in itself, is an important aim of the education system. It is also inevitable that the education system will adopt ICTs. Therefore the teacher-educator and student-teachers must be prepared by understanding the philosophical, socio-cultural and political implications, of ICTs in education. Since ICTs are also technologies, along with such understanding,  building basic skills for personal and  professional purposes is necessary.

It is hence essential that student teachers need to understand the nature of this phenomenon and its implications for education as well as for larger society, the shaping of which, in itself, is an important aim of the education system. It is also inevitable that the education system will adopt ICTs. Therefore the teacher-educator and student-teachers must be prepared by understanding the philosophical, socio-cultural and political implications, of ICTs in education. Since ICTs are also technologies, along with such understanding,  building basic skills for personal and  professional purposes is necessary.