Tackling Digital Degree in Education: Optimal Use of Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in all areas of the education sector, particularly in developed economies as well as developing countries, regardless of preparedness. This is because, under the new normal, ICT adoption has become ubiquitous and fast-moving, even in the face of impending challenges. In the case of education, in particular, the disruption caused by the pandemic has caused ICT to become an instantaneous apparatus that has sustained the teaching and learning sector during the global lockdown that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2020, with consequences that are still visible today. Once more, the pandemic's outbreak made it clear to world leaders in numerous developing nations that they had no option but to use an ICT tool that was accelerating the growth of their countries' national knowledge bases. Notwithstanding the apparent difficulties integrating ICT into teaching and learning, the COVID-19 pandemic's effects accelerated the spread of ICT, forcing teachers and students in Nigeria and, in fact, around the world, to work online despite their readiness in terms of knowledge, abilities, and resources. In today's globalized world, ICT has become indispensable in filling gaps in the education sector, but it is also important to recognize the role of green information technology. This study examined how ICT instantly filled in the educational gaps during a pandemic-related lockdown, as well as how Green IT impacts our ecology. In order to truly close the digital divide that existed in the education sector in today's carefree world, the research has supplied the essential information and details, as well as recommendations for how to best use ICT tools to secure the ecosystem. Keywords: ICT, Covid -19 Pandemic, Green IT, Digital Divide. Aims Research Journal Reference Format: Malasowe, B.O., Okpor, M.D. & Edim, B.E. (2024): Tackling Digital Degree in Education: Optimal Use of Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT). Advances in Multidisciplinary and Scientific Research Journal Vol. 10. No. 1. Pp 67-76. www.isteams.net/aimsjournal. dx.doi.org/10.22624/AIMS/V10N1P5