ABSTRACT

Akviani Kadir, The Effects of ICT Implementation on the Teaching and Learning Process: A Case of Junior High School in the District of Barru, South Sulawesi, INDONESIA  (supervised by Ananto Yudono and Rhiza S. Sadjad).

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been widely implemented in the scholastic teaching and learning process in Indonesia. This research is focusing on the ICT implementation in the Junior High School (SMP) system in the District of Barru, South Sulawesi, INDONESIA. The research is a descriptive qualitative research based on a survey and field observation. Non-probability samples were taken purposively in the survey. The field observation was conducted by in-depth interviews and distributing questionaires among students and alumni of schools with and without the ICT implementation.

In terms of their achievement in the National Final Examination (UAN) and the daily grades reported in their report cards, students of schools with ICT implementation clearly perform better than their fellow students of schools without ICT implementation. However, the ICT implementation is not the only factor to improve the teaching and learning process. There are many other factors such as the curriculum, the school locations (remote, rural and urban), facilities, etc. 

The alumni of schools with ICT implementation are having more advantages than their fellow alumni from schools without ICT implementation in terms of their positions after their graduation. But, it is clearly understood that the ICT implementation is not the only factor to the successful life after graduation.