Abstract:
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the dominant field in all institutes in the current
Era. With the emergence of ICT, Sri Lanka’s education system also included ICT as a subject in their
school curriculum in order to offer the country the most successful future citizens who will take part in
the country’s economy. While the use of ICT is rapidly growing, this research is aimed to identify the
challenges faced by teachers and students when teaching and learning ICT in Estate schools.
Qualitative and quantitative approaches were used for this study to identify the most important
challenges in this field. Structured and unstructured interviews and observation mechanisms were used
for the primary data collection to identify the major challenges in this field. This study identified three
major challenges, they are Language Barriers and lack of Knowledge in other key subjects such as
English, mathematics etc, the insufficient number of periods, poor technological background of the
students, the Technology Barriers and Fear of Administration. In addition this research identified the
students' positive attitude towards learning ICT.
