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The main aim of the study was to integrate Information and Communication Technology intoaCooperativeLearning Instructional Strategy and find out its effect on Achievement and retention of knowledgeamongB.Ed. trainees while learning Educational Technology. This study was experimental in nature, andapost-testonly control group design was used. A self-made "Achievement test of Educational Technology"wasusedtocollect the data from the sample, which consisted of 72 B.Ed. Trainees. The two treatment groupshadastrength of 36 students each; both groups were matched on pre-achievement scores (the t valueisnotsignificant). The objectives and related hypotheses were analyzed by applying the t-test. The findingsofthestudy indicated that: i) ICT-integrated Cooperative Learning Instructional Strategy is more effectivethantheConventional Strategy in improving Achievement of B.Ed. trainees in Educational technology. ii) TheB.Ed.trainees have retained their achievement in educational technology, which is improved throughanICTintegrated Cooperative Learning Instructional Strategy