Vol. 6, Issue 1, Part A (2024)

The recent development of technology has brought out the whole world outside the classroom. Information and Communication Technology plays a vital role in this respect. This paper shows the relationship between family backgrounds of UG students with utilization of ICT tools in learning activities. This research work carried out in Rajmata Vijyaraje Scindiya Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The study was conducted using a survey research design. There were total 150 postgraduate students from college-wise prepared list were selected with the help of simple random sampling without replacement under a proportionate scheme. The results of the study regarding relationship between family background PG students specifically their parents' occupation (0.242) and annual income (0.408), had a positive significant relationship with the use of ICT tools. Whereas attributes of students, viz awareness about ICT tools in learning activities (0.421), attitude towards ICT tools in learning activities (0.469), knowledge about ICT tools in learning activities (0.266), innovativeness (0.307), information seeking behaviour (0.325), self-confidence (0.538) and accessibility of ICT tools in learning activities (0.553) were also found strongly and significantly correlated with the utilization of ICT tools and other variables like family size (0.013), area of residence (0.054) and gender (0.063) had a non-significant relationship with the utilization of ICT tools.