The Awareness and Usage of Mobile Phone among Students of Dhaka University in Bangladesh

Abstract

The use of mobile phone for various purposes (including educational) has
increased in recent few years in Bangladesh. Among the various communities in
Bangladesh, students are the core purchaser of mobile phone. It enables
communication and co-ordination with in a community consisting of human aspect.
It has offered new challenges of education. It is a very versatile medium to meet the
information needs of students. Knowledge sharing is also done and it became one of
the important features of mobile phone. As a result, it has become very popular
among the student community. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to find
the mobile phone awareness and usage pattern among students of Dhaka
University. Study revealed that Dhaka University Students have high mobile phone
awareness. Students of science and business faculties are using mobile phone more
for educational purpose than arts faculty students. It is also found that female
students are using mobile phone more than male students. By lesson through the
mobile phone, a student can prepare himself/ herself for the real world.