Evaluation of ICT opportunities from student’s perspective in the state of Nagaland, India

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Table 1. Summary of ICT opportunities from student perspective

Sl No.	Unique Factors	Operational Factors	Authors (Year)
1	Learning and Research	Easy to search books and literature	Govindasamy (2002); Ellis and Loveless (2013); Pegu (2014); Pandey and Pandey (2020); Van de Oudeweetering and Agirdag (2018); Biswas (2017)
		Improved search for electronic information
		Improved knowledge and training skills
		Easier to learn from reputed institutes and professors
		Facilitates online learning
		Improved research skills
		Collaborative research
		Publication of research
		Electronic information for conducting research
2	Job Search	Creation of employment opportunities	Beardsley et al. (2010); Chowdhry (2013); V.M Sunkara et al. (2015); Sadiq and Mohammed (2015)
		Easy searching and apply for jobs
		Skill and capacity building
3	Social Contact	Develops new contacts	Tillema et al. (2010); Van den Berg et al. (2012); Carrasco and Miller (2006); Silvis et al. (2006); Boase et al. (2006); Dijst (2009); Frei and Axhausen (2009)
		Information flow
		Instant social contact with family
		Instant social contact with friends
		Work contact with colleagues

Table 2. Results of Exploratory Factor Analysis

Factors	Variables	Mean	Reliability	Communalities	Factor Loading	% of Variance
Learning and Research	ST01	1.836	0.917	0.668	0.768	45.208
	ST02	1.717		0.619	0.761
	ST03	1.679		0.629	0.736
	ST04	1.684		0.588	0.733
	RS01	1.818		0.663	0.726
	RS02	1.838		0.638	0.741
	RS03	1.738		0.603	0.681
	RS04	1.837		0.514	0.588
	RS05	1.998		0.591	0.594
Job Searching/Employment	JB01	1.998	0.834	0.495	0.690	6.465
	JB03	2.008		0.590	0.600
	JB04	1.949		0.649	0.597
Social Contact	SW01	1.967	0.822	0.441	0.730	9.387
	SW02	1.902		0.489	0.716
	SW03	1.979		0.532	0.650
	SW06	1.908		0.547	0.606
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) Measure of Sampling Adequacy					0.944
Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity (Chi-square Value = 3744.56, df = 253) p-value < 0.05 (Significant)

Table 3. Overall Fit Statistics

Goodness of Fit Index	Model Values	Decision Criteria
Absolute Measures
Chi-square Value	89.58
Degrees of Freedom (df)	41
CMIN/df	2.185	Less than 3
GFI	0.969	Greater than 0.9
RMSEA	0.048	Less than 0.08
SRMR	0.022	Less than 0.05
Incremental Fit Measures
NFI	0.964	Greater than equal to 0.90
CFI	0.980	Greater than equal to 0.95
Parsimony Measures
AGFI	0.950	Greater than 0.9

Table 4. Factor Loading and construct reliability (CFA Outcome)

Factors	Learning & Research	Job search	Social Contact
ICT facilitates in searching for an electronic database for conducting research (RS02)	0.767
Internet facilitates the search for books and literature for study purposes (ST01)	0.757
ICT has improved my research skills while doing research (RS03)	0.743
ICT facilitates long-distance learning from international institutes and professors (ST04)	0.739
ICT assists in collaborative research and facilitates the publication of research work (RS05)	0.688
ICT has created employment opportunities for the youth (JB03)		0.804
Through the ICT platform, it becomes easier for me to apply for jobs in and out of Nagaland (JB01)		0.701
ICT is helpful in enhancing learning, training, skill and capacity building within youth (JB04)		0.699
ICT facilitates in developing new contacts within and outside the community (SW3)			0.699
ICT helps in the performance of social activities and information flow within my community (SW2)			0.698
ICT has made it possible for me to keep in contact with my family and friends instantly (SW1)			0.660
Construct Reliability	0.820	0.839	0.791
Decision	Good	Good	Good
Average Variance Extracted (AVE)	0.55	0.54	0.47

Table 5. Correlation coefficient and Discriminant validity

Latent Variables	Learning & Research	Job search	Social Contact
Learning & Research	(0.742)
Job search	0.739	(0.735)
Social Contact	0.725	0.732	(0.686)

*Discriminant validity = Main diagonal of matrix in parenthesis

Table

Author	Credit Statement
K D Vizo	Conceptualization; Investigation and data collection, Writing- Original Draft
M Mall	Methodology, Writing- Review & Editing, Data Curation and analysis Writing- Original Draft and revisions
R Rout	Recommendation and conclusion moderation Writing- Review & Editing,

Figure 1.Final Model with loading

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