The study investigated the extent of principal’s deployment
of ICT skills in managing secondary school for sustainable development. Two
research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was
adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all the 261
principals and 5,827 teachers in the 261 secondary schools in Anambra state. A
sample of 60 principals and 360 teachers were randomly selected for the study.
The instrument used for data collection was a self-developed questionnaire,
titled, “ICT Deployment in Managing of Schools Questionnaire,” (ICTDMSQ). The
instrument was validated by three experts, two experts from education
management unit, one expert from measurement and evaluation unit, all from faculty
of education in Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam. Using
Cronbach Alpha, reliability index of 0.92 was obtained for the instrument. Mean
and standard deviation were used to answer the two research questions, while
t-test was used to test the null hypothesis at .05 level of significance. The
findings of the study revealed that principals do not deploy ICT skills in
managing secondary schools which might be because of some challenges they
encounter in trying to deploy ICT skills in school management. Based on the
findings, some recommendations were made which include that, the government
should be organizing periodic training and workshops on ICT usage for
principals to attain the 21st century computer proficiency for effective and
efficient management of schools and that government should release adequate
fund for the procurement and management of ICT facilities and equipment for
secondary schools.
Author (s) Details
F. Manafa
Ifeyinwa Author (s) Details
Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, Nigeria.
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