The direction and status of education determines the future of a country. Quality education has emerged as an essential requirement of the present world. the main objective of this article was to conduct a comparative study of the basic infrastructure in government and private schools in India. This article is based on the Indian scenario of school education, an attempt has been made to bring out some of the shortcomings of the school education system and some suggestions have been presented at the end which can be helpful in disseminating quality education. The results of the present research shows that still the situation regarding computer and internet facility in both government and Private schools is very poor. Thus, it is understandable that a long way has to be covered to make computer aided learning a reality to deal with the problem of digital divide in India.

The direction and status of education determines the future of a country. Quality education has emerged as an essential requirement of the present world. the main objective of this article was to conduct a comparative study of the basic infrastructure in government and private schools in India. This article is based on the Indian scenario of school education, an attempt has been made to bring out some of the shortcomings of the school education system and some suggestions have been presented at the end which can be helpful in disseminating quality education. The results of the present research shows that still the situation regarding computer and internet facility in both government and Private schools is very poor. Thus, it is understandable that a long way has to be covered to make computer aided learning a reality to deal with the problem of digital divide in India.