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| A Survey Study On the Availability of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Resources And Utilization in Lagos State Owned Basic Schools
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GEORGE, Adekunle Pius. (Ph.D) and IGE, Nelson Adewole. (Ph.D)
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Abstract:
Education is an indispensable tool in nation building and Basic education occupies an important place in any Nation's Education System. However, despite the commitments of Nigerian government agencies and regulation bodies to provide quality Basic education for pupils, scholars have agreed thatthe quality of Basic education in Nigeria was very low, which is a gap that underminedthe attainment of 21st Century BasicEducation in Nigeria. The low quality of Basic education suggests that Nigerian Basic schools may not be utilising ICT resources to their advantage.While there are numerous studieson quality of Basic education in Nigeria, there are few studies on availability of ICT resources and utilization in Lagos State owned Basic schools. Hence this study investigated the availability of ICT resources and utilization in Lagos State owned Basic education. The study employed survey research design. The population of the study comprised 14,650 Basic school teachers in all the education districts of Lagos State, Nigeria. The sample size of 391 Basic schools was determined from a population of 14,650 government Basic schools in Lagos State by using Taro Yamane (1967) formula. Stratified and simple sampling techniques were used to select 3 teachers from each school making a total of 995 Basic school teachers used for the study. Data was collected with structured and validated questionnaire and Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient for the constructs ranged from 0.82 to 0.95. Data were analysed by using descriptive analysis. Findings showed that ICT resources were available in the Lagos State owned Basic schools but not adequate. It was also found that the available ICT resources were adequately utilised. Respondents also identified the challenges facing the utilization of ICT resources to include inadequate funding to procure ICT infrastructure and modern ICT resources, lack of policy on ICT utilization, unstable network and power supply. The study recommended that Lagos State government should provide ICT infrastructures such as broadband access that will facilitate speedy internet access as well as alternative power supply to resolve the challenges of unstable power supply for enhanced teaching learning process.
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