An investigation on perception of Ekiti State Senior Secondary School Students’ and Teachers’ needs and competence in Information and Communication Technology

Abstract

This study investigated the perception of Ekiti State Senior Secondary School Students’ and Teachers’ Needs and Competency on the use of information and communication technology (ICT). This was to ascertain the necessity of changing pedagogical implication and trends in the twenty first century classroom. The study adopted descriptive design of the survey type. The sample size comprised 180 students and 45 teachers of English language randomly selected from grade A and grade B from public secondary schools and private secondary schools. The instrument used for the collection of data was a structured questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on Perception of Ekiti State Senior Secondary School Students’ and Teachers’ Needs and Competency in Information and Communication Technology” (QPESSSSTNCICT). The instrument was validated by experts. A reliability coefficient of 0.68 was obtained and the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. The result revealed that there is significant difference in the students’ and teachers’ competency in ICT with (F1,221=17.327, p<0.05). It was also discovered that ICT facilities are useful for teaching and learning skills in schools. The result showed that motivation to teach effectively and high learning speed, timing efficiency are the roles of gender of students and teachers’ competency in ICT. It was recommended that government should provide adequate ICT facilities to schools in a bid to improve teachers’ job performance. It was also recommended that ICT experts should be deployed to secondary schools and proper monitoring unit to ensure judicious use of the facilities to enhance technological advancement in Nigerian Secondary Schools