Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research P-ISSN 2350-7756 | E-ISSN 2350-8442 | Volume 2, No. 6 | December 2014 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28 P-ISSN 2350-7756 | E-ISSN 2350-8442 | www.apjmr.com Utilization Pattern of Internet among Secondary School Students Sunita Singh 1 and Jyoti Bala 2 1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 2 Research scholar, Faculty of Education Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India sunitasingh.bhu@gmail.com Date Received: August 5, 2014; Date Revised: November 29, 2014 Abstract - Information and Communication technologies can provide better opportunities for extending the access of education to our society. The objectives of Present paper are to find out the utilisation pattern of internet by the higher secondary school students, to estimate the use of internet in reference to scholastic and non-scholastic purpose further it include a comparative study of the pattern of use of internet by higher secondary school students of government school and private schools. 130 higher secondary students of Varanasi city, India gave their responses. Questionnaire was used as a research tool. The main findings of the study are students used the internet mostly for scholastic purpose, private schools students access more information through internet in comparison to government school students. Keywords: Computer, Internet, Information Technology, Secondary School I. INTRODUCTION Information Communication Technology (ICT) is one of the important buzzwords of today.Internet is one of the most important parts of ICT. Throughout the developed world, changes in technologies are permitting the more extensive use of electronics and telecommunications to access information. It is a powerful means of communication, dissemination retrieval of information and educational course delivery. Internet is fast becoming a basic feature of global civilization, so that what has traditionally been called “civil society” is now becoming identical with information technology society as defined by Internet use.It has been integrated in every walk of our life.It has changed our way of life and haspenetrated in everywhere and its makes our life comfortable and easy. Its impact has also been evident in railway, air reservations, banking and insurance sectors, postal services, biotechnology, bioinformatics, biomedical sciences, health care sector, telemedicine, media and communications, teaching –learning, library and information services, printing technology, e-resources, digitization of documents, digital library, library networking, e-commerce, & trade, entertainment.It is used to enhance social life, academic work, social skill, group relation (Mishra, Yadav, & Bisht 2005, Majid Zerofi et al. Satyanarayan, 2003).It is playing a significant role in the field of education. Students and teachers are using it make their teaching learning process more flexible and easy (Rehman&Ali 2010, Mishra, Yadav & Bisht 2005, Oskouei Choudhari, 2010).In educational institutions favorite place to use internet is library(Rajeev Kumar &AmritpalKaur, 2004; AviGoldfard Jeff Prince 2008). The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) has the continuous watch on the organisation of the curriculum as per the changing scenario and the need of the society. The policy also keeps an eye on the advancement of the educational technologies and their availability in the education system. Internet is revolutionizing the way of imparting education. Introduction to the use of ICTs in teaching learning process is now getting popularity. Internet is becoming an essential tool to fulfil the educational needs of both teachers and students. Researchers observed that students spend more time in surfing internet. This situation arises few question in our mind like what type of content are being access by students, how much type being devoted by the students and what are the access points of surfing internet etc. To find out the answer of these questions following objectives were framed. II. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The study aimed to find out the utilisation pattern of internet by the higher secondary school students of Varanasi. A comparative study of the pattern of use of internet by higher secondary school students of government school and private schools.