Administrative Variables and Provision of ICT Services in Colleges of Education South-South Zone, Nigeria

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to examine administrative variables and provision of ICT services in Colleges of Education South-South Zone, Nigeria.  Four specific objectives, four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 50 staff and 200 students from the population of the study. Two instruments were developed for data collection known as Administrative Variable Questionnaire (AVQ) and Provision of ICT Services Questionnaire (PICTSQ). The instrument was forwarded to three experts in Measurement and Evaluation for scrutiny and vetting to establish it face and content validity. Thirty (30) respondents outside the study area were subjected to trial testing to ascertain the internal consistency of the instrument. Responses obtained were subject to testing using cronbach alpha reliability coefficient. The reliability index of the instruments was 0.82 and 0.78 for administrative variables and provision of ICT services respectively. Simple linear regression analysis was used to test all the four null hypotheses. The findings revealed that there is no significant relationship between funding and provision of ICT, there is significant relationship between staffing and provision of ICT, there is no statistically significant relationship between coordination and provision of ICT and there is no significant relationship between monitoring and provision of ICT services. It was recommended that multiple factors should be use to predict the provision of ICT services in Colleges of Education, South-South, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that stakeholder in education industries should shift focus from one single factor to multivariate factors in determining the provision of ICT in Colleges of Education South-South Nigeria. 

Country : Nigeria

1 Ayang John Etura2 Igiri Charlce Egbonyi3 Mark Ohiero Okoli

  1. Lecturer, Department Educational Foundations and Administration, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa-Nigeria
  2. Lecturer, Department Educational Foundations and Administration, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa-Nigeria
  3. Lecturer, Department of Biology, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa-Nigeria

IRJIET, Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2024 pp. 54-60

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2024.809006

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