EVALUATION OF THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

(A CASE STUDY OF KANO STATE)

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Department of Education

ABSTRACT
This work “Evaluation of the Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Secondary Schools in Kano State” opened up with the Background to the Study which highlighted all that is expected to be visited in the course of the discussion of this work. It moved off to the Statement of Problem and identification of five (5) objectives of the study, five (5) research questions and five (5) hypotheses which formed the foundation of the work and the basis for the arrangement of the literature review. Basic assumptions were made and significance of the studies outlined. The scope and delimitation properly stated. The Literature Review covered the conceptual framework, emergence of Information and Communication Technology, Information and Communication Technology and School Management (Finance, Staff, School Facilities, Information and School Records). The methodology for this study was discussed. The study is a survey focused on peoples’ opinions. The population used were 360 principals, vice-principals, Heads of Departments, Teachers, Ministry of Education Officials and Bursars. Structured questionnaire of the Likert four point scale was used. The questionnaire are directly administered by the researcher. The Analysis of the Data was based on descriptive and percentage arrangement as well as the use of One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for the testing of the hypotheses. The five (5) null hypotheses were rejected and alternative hypotheses accepted. The major findings were that ICT is very new in most secondary schools in Kano state. Therefore, its benefits have not been fully realized, there were inadequate personnel to teach ICT related subjects and that ICT subjects were not properly funded and this has affected supply of ICT materials in Kano state secondary schools. Some recommendations were made such as that each school with the support of government and other agencies should organize and provide awareness programmes through workshops, seminars, lectures on ICT and that adequate qualified personnel and enough facilities should be provided for proper functioning of ICT activities in each secondary schools in Kano state.