INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AS CORRELATE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS IN IKPOBA-OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN EDO STATE

Abstract

This study titled: Information Communication Technology as Correlate of Secondary School Effectiveness in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area in Edo State was guided by research questions. The study is a descriptive research that adopted the correlative research design. The population of the study and sample of the study was all the 31 public secondary schools. The questionnaire was used to collected data for the study. The questionnaire was validated with a reliability carried out. The result of the reliability was 0.68 which show that the instrument was reliable. The instrument was administered and thereafter mean and standard deviation statistics were used to answer the research questions. Pearson r statistics was utilized to test the hypothesis at an alpha level of 0.05. The findings are: The extent of Information Communication Technology usage among secondary school students in Edo state is high, the level of secondary school effectiveness in Edo state is high, there is no significant relationship between ICT usage and secondary school effectiveness in Edo state, there is no significant difference in the relationship between ICT usage and secondary school effectiveness based on school location (rural and urban) and there is no significant difference in the relationship between ICT usage and secondary school effectiveness based on school size (large and small). the study concluded that Government should provide more ICT gadgets in schools to aid teaching and learning, the usage of ICT among secondary school students in Edo state should be encouraged,  laws should be made to encourage the use of ICT as it increases efficiency., Government should provide generating set in secondary schools in order to forestall the intermittent disruption of power supply and teachers should be trained on the use of ICT in teaching.