In the present information society, information and knowledge are the basic resources and access to them is
necessary. Without the knowledge of ICT and information literacy skills, it is difficult to deal with the ocean of information
and knowledge. Information literacy is a broad area of competence that encompasses the content. Many Studies repeatedly
show strong positive correlations between student/ user achievement and information literacy programs. In the present
study an attempt has been made to study the influence of information literacy skills on the academic performance of the
students. In the present study three variables namely gender, place and information literacy skills considered as predicator
variables and academic achievement as a dependent variables. By using regression linear model test their interaction
effects was carried out It is observed that total contribution of three explanatory variables on academic achievement of
students is found to be 25.3%. In which, (X3) information literacy skills contribute maximum that is 21.47% to the
academic achievement followed by 2.262% of gender (X1) and place (X2) 1.56% respectively. Finally, it can be
concluded that information literacy skills is emerged as one of the important predictor of assessment of academic
achievement of the students. Hence, efforts should be made to enhance the information literacy skills among the students at
degree level.
