Education Technology plays a significant role in the teaching learning process. It refers to a family of technological tools (software, hardware and associated technologies) mostly based on computer technology devoted to promote more engaging, interactive and individualized learning experiences. It improves student learning to a great extent when teachers are digitally literate and integrate technology with school curriculum. The teachers should develop in their students the necessary skills to meet the challenges in the fast growing technological world. However, most of the teachers working in secondary schools have developed a kind of fear or anxiety towards using technology in classroom teaching. This kind of technophobia on the part of the teachers has been proved to influence the student performance negatively. The present study is an attempt to explore the perceptions of teachers towards the use of technology in their classroom teaching, to know the causes for their technophobia and suggest measures to overcome this problem. The researchers used a well prepared and standardized questionnaire as the tool for collection of data from a sample of 600 teachers (80 Headmasters and 520 School Assistants) selected from 80 secondary schools located in the rural as well as urban areas in Vizianagaram District of Andhra Pradesh using Stratified Random Sampling technique. Mean score values, standard deviations and independent t-tests were used for analysis of data. The findings of the study revealed that the demographic variables – Gender, Age and Medium of instruction offered by the school have no influence on the technophobia of teachers working in secondary schools. However, teaching experience and the location of the school have a positive influence on their technophobia. The study suggests that the teachers working in secondary schools should overcome the problem of technophobia; and use ICT tools effectively with a view to improve student performance.