Vol. 10, Special Issue 5 (2021)

The study has been taken up to understand the association between management of educational institute and multimedia usage in higher education institutions in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Thirty higher educational institutes were selected for the study. Twenty-two recommendations that guide existing multimedia in class a room proposed by various higher educational institutes and official bodies served as a base for identifying the design features that to evaluate the existing usage of multimedia in the class room.

The recommended design guild lines with reference to multimedia in educational building were these includes network requirement, provision of pc, data projector with a screen and video conferencing. Most of the educational institutes have not paid attention to provide advanced equipment related to multimedia such as data projector, crestron touch panel, audio system like microphones, amplifiers and speakers, wireless microphones and digital slate. According to chi Square analysis the type of management and multimedia, year of establishment and multimedia, strength of the college and multimedia were found to have an association in the decisions regarding the provision of multimedia in class rooms.