INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS ON OFFICE EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN THE FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

(A CASE STUDY OF NORTH-CENTRAL ZONE OF NIGERIA)

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ABSTRACT
This research was conducted to determine the Influence of Information and Communication Technology Applications on Office Education Programme in the Federal Colleges of Education in North-Central Zone of Nigeria. Four objectives were raised in the research, four research questions were set to answer the problem of the study while four null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study, the Sample of the study consisted of One hundred and twenty-nine students and eleven lecturers from Office Education Programme in three Federal Colleges of Education in North-Central Zone of Nigeria. The students were selected using random sampling technique, while there was no sampling for lecturers because of their limited number. Questionnaire was used in gathering data and the data collected were statistically analysed. The test of the null hypotheses showed no significant difference in the mean scores of both the students and lecturers. The research findings revealed, among others, that modern Information and Communication Technology equipment are not available for effective teaching and learning of Office Education in the selected colleges of education in North Central zone of Nigeria and that the available ICT facilities were not in their functional state to achieve the desired influence on Office Education programme. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the introduction of ICT in Office Education Programme has had no influence which implies that students of Office Education from Federal Colleges of Education do not have adequate knowledge, skill, and competencies in ICT needed for survival in a globalized economy. The research recommended, among others, that government Federal and State, TETFUND and Stakeholders should provide relevant and modern ICT facilities in the Colleges of Education in North-Central Zone of Nigeria, so as to produce the much desired manpower to man the modern day office that is ICT-driven.